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This study sheds light on the efficiency of informal mutual insurance systems. Evidence on the behavioral effects of remittances and inter-family transfers is still rare. This paper intends to analyse the incentive effects of inter-family transfers in Indonesia with improved econometric...
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assumption, which we relax. We find that, although monetary incentives are effective also with sociallyattentive agents, the … monetary incentives. We also show that the principal benefits from having a socially-attentive agent and how she optimally …
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The role of electoral incentives vs. selection is ideally analyzed in a setting where the same legislators are selected … preferences for policies, party loyalty, and interest group affiliations. The evidence suggests that electoral incentives explain …
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Procedural fairness research has argued that giving people a voice in decision-making procedures leads to increased outcome satisfaction and enhanced compliance with decisions. The impact of voice on agents' motivation to perform well is investigated in a simple gift-exchange experiment, thereby...
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The article is concerned with understanding the impact of social preferences and wealth inequality on aggregate economic outcomes. We investigate how different manifestations of other-regarding preferences affect incentive contracts at the microeconomic level and how these in turn translate into...
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We study theoretically and empirically how monetary incentives and information about others' behavior affects …
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We study the compensation of gig workers in a natural field experiment. To derive testable predictions, this paper presents a formal model capturing a central feature of online freelance work: gig work- ers' ability to choose both how much to work and how big an effort to make. We analyse the...
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: quantity, quality and originality of ideas. We implement piece rate incentives for quantity alone, quantity in combination with … effect of incentives on performance in the separate dimensions of creativity, we find that incentives significantly affect … the quantity and average quality of ideas, but not the average originality. We show that incentives have both positive …
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Despite the prevalence of non-routine analytical team tasks in modern economies, little is known about how incentives … bonus incentives on the probability of completion of such a task. Bonus incentives increase performance due to the reward … minor role. Incentives improve performance also in an additional sample of presumably less motivated workers. However …
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construct a theoretical model explaining two-sided selection through microeconomic incentives. Firms face adjustment costs in …
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