different incentive mechanisms emphasize competition (via the perceived intentions of others) and entitlements (via the … access to the total endowment generated by the pair. We find that the structure of the incentive mechanisms has asymmetric …

This paper asks which sub-groups of the population are affected by the payment of a small cash incentive to respond to … a telephone survey. We find that an incentive improves response rates primarily amongst those individuals with the … absence of an incentive. The incentive thus improves both average response rates and acts to equalize response rates across …