as a wage determinant. We furthermore show that a promotion affects both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation significantly …, though in two different ways: An expected promotion increases extrinsic motivation whereas intrinsic motivation is highest … subsequent to a realized promotion. The relationship between extrinsic motivation and expected promotions implies that promotions …

Early studies often found that offering economic incentives for undertaking prosocial and intrinsically motivated … activities can crowd out motivation to perform these activities. More recent work highlights nuanced and important features … related to whether crowding out (or substitution) is likely to occur. In many cases, incentives succeed in encouraging more …

Are monetary and non-monetary incentives used as substitutes in motivating effort? I address this question in a … preferred one. The principals take advantage of this intrinsic motivation by offering lower piece rates and by using the choice … and non-monetary incentives imperfect. These findings have implications for the design of incentives in mission …

During the last two decades economists have made much progress in understanding incentives, contracts and organisations …. Yet, they constrained their attention to a very narrow and empirically questionable view of human motivation. The purpose … of this paper is to show that this narrow view of human motivation may severely limit understanding the determinants and …

). 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 …

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 …

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 …