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Tournament Incentives in the Field : Gender Differences in the Workplace
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert; Sol, Joeri; Verbeke, Willem - 2009
growth, but only in stores where the store's manager and a large fraction of the employees have the same gender. Remarkably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014046326
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Does Relative Grading help Male Students? Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Classroom
Czibor, Eszter; Onderstal, Sander; Sloof, Randolph; van … - 2014
The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately … absolute grading, grading on a curve actually narrows the gender gap in performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491348
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Bidding to give in the Field: Door-to-Door Fundraisers had it right from the Start
Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J.C.; Soetevent, … - 2011
In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We approached about 4500 households, each participating in either an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non-anonymous voluntary contribution mechanism (VCM), or an anonymous VCM. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325653
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Payment Choice, Image Motivation and Contributions to Charity
Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2009
This paper examines the impact of payment choice on charitablegiving with a door-to-door fund-raising field experiment. Respondentscan donate cash only, use debit only, or have both options. Cash donations have lower visibility vis-a-vis solicitors than debit card donations. When debit replaces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325785
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Promises Undone: How Committed Pledges Impact Donations to Charity
Fosgaard, Toke R.; Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2018
The declining use of cash in society urges charities to experiment with digital payment instruments in their off-line fund raising activities. Cash and card payments differ in that the latter do not require individuals to donate at the time of the ask, disconnecting the decision to give from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932315
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Payment Choice, Image Motivation and Contributions to Charity : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2009
This study uses a door-to-door fundraising field experiment to examine the impact of different payment options on charitable giving. Households are randomly divided into three treatments, distinguished by the possibility for respondents to donate cash, by debit card, or both. I find that due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719038
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Bidding to Give in the Field : Door-to-Door Fundraisers Had it Right from the Start
Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J. H. C.; Soetevent, … - 2011
In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We approached about 4500 households, each participating in either an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non-anonymous voluntary contribution mechanism (VCM), or an anonymous VCM. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183253
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That's Just - Not Fair: Gender Differences in Notions of Justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences for giving and notions of justice in experiments using the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403563
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The Impact of Gender Diversity on the Performance of Business Teams: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, Mirjam - 2011
curriculum. We manipulated the gender composition of teams and assigned students randomly to teams, conditional on their gender …. We find that teams with an equal gender mix perform better than male-dominated teams in terms of sales and profits. We … explore various mechanisms suggested in the literature to explain this positive effect of gender diversity on performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325918
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Tournament Incentives in the Field: Gender Differences in the Workplace
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert; Sol, Joeri; Verbeke, Willem - 2009
growth, but only in stores where the store's manager and a large fraction of the employees have the same gender. Remarkably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326030