effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form of a donation received by a charity of the subject's choice - to financial … incentives. We find that social incentives lead to a 13% rise in productivity, regardless of their form (lump sum or related to … performance) or strength. The response is strong for subjects with low initial productivity (30%), while high-productivity …

productivity using novel data from a garment plant that shifted from individual piece rate to group piece rate production over … three years. The adoption of teams at the plant improved worker productivity by 14 percent on average. Productivity … the view that teams utilize collaborative skills, which are less valuable in individual production. High-productivity …

Teams have become a mainstay for the organization of work. Economic models of teams focus on productivity declines due … productivity or worker selection for, and participation in, teams. In this paper we identify the productivity and participation … workers. Using a novel data set from the garment industry, we empirically examine worker productivity and participation as a …

effectiveness of social incentives -- that take the form of a donation received by a charity of the subject's choice -- to financial … incentives. We find that social incentives lead to a 13% rise in productivity, regardless of their form (lump sum or related to … performance) or strength. The response is strong for subjects with low initial productivity (30%), while high-productivity …