). Agents differ in their motivation to exert social effort. Our model predicts that lowering incentives for selfish effort in …We study, theoretically and empirically, the effects of incentives on the self-selection and coordination of motivated … prediction in a lab experiment allowing us to cleanly separate the selection effect from other effects of low incentives. Results …

-efficacy, motivation, and test anxiety, obtained from an online survey before students’ exams. In the whole sample, we did not find an … treated students reported higher self-efficacy than the control students. The treatment affected students’ motivation before …

crowding out due to low-powered incentives. High-powered incentives in the workplace tend to increase output, but it is unknown … also extends to high-powered incentives, in a real work setting with paid workers. There is individual heterogeneity …, however, with a minority of workers report crowding in of motivation. Thus, the impact of performance pay might depend on the …

of incentives, with the peculiar features of being awarded in public, and of having largely symbolic value. Informed by … incentives and prizes. The conceptual factors highlighted by our analytical framework are then tested through a laboratory … experiment. The experimental exercise aims to analyze how prizes and incentives impact actual individuals' behavior differently …

randomly assigned to one of three groups: one group received a standard mailing that emphasized the intrinsic incentives of the … the extrinsic incentives - either the financial rewards (Cash treatment) or the in-kind rewards (Support treatment). Our … results show that an emphasis on extrinsic incentives strongly affects who applies for the grant and consequently the type of …

). Agents differ in their motivation to exert social effort. Our model predicts that lowering incentives for selfish effort in …We study, theoretically and empirically, the effects of incentives on the self-selection and coordination of motivated … prediction in a lab experiment allowing us to cleanly separate the selection effect from other effects of low incentives. Results …

credible incentives …

-for-performance (P4P). At the recruitment stage, teacher labor markets were randomly assigned to a pay- for-percentile or fixed …

intrinsic motivation for students with low skills, while girls also respond less to rank-based incentives if tested with less …How does effort respond to being graded and ranked? This paper examines the effects of non-financial incentives on test … non-financial incentives play an important role in motivating highly skilled students to exert more effort. We find …