incentives schemes is not a relevant criterion for sorting decisions in our experiment. Finally, we find that cortisol levels are … performance - in particular, tournament incentives - induce more stress than schemes that are independent of performance - fixed … self-reported feelings of stress and primary appraisals. We find that tournament incentives induce a stress response …

determining contest choice. Complete sorting exists only when the proportion of high-ability contestants is sufficiently small. As … this proportion increases, high-ability contestants shy away from competition and sorting decreases, such that, reverse … sorting becomes a possibility. We test our theoretical predictions with a large panel data set containing contest choice over …

This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. Subjects …, tournament, and revenue sharing) compared to the fixed payment scheme. This difference is largely driven by productivity sorting … the sorting decision in a systematic way. Moreover, self-reported effort is significantly higher in all variable pay …

performance - in particular, tournament incentives - induce more stress than schemes that are independent of performance - fixed … selfreported feelings of stress and primary appraisals. We find that tournament incentives induce a stress response whereas a fixed … subsequent choice between tournaments and fixed payment schemes, indicating that stress induced by incentives schemes is not a …

structures and incentives schemes. …