Ce papier tente de faire un rapide historique de l'économie expérimentale depuis son origine apparente en 1948, son origine scientifique dans les années soixante notamment avec l'oeuvre de V.L.Smith jusqu'à la fin des années 90. Il présente le protocole expérimental défini par V.L.Smith...

Data from a field experiment are used to estimate the gain in productivity that is realized when workers are paid piece rates rather than fixed wages. The experiment was conducted within a tree-planting firm and provides daily observations on individual worker productivity under both copensation...

We try to quantify the effect of working conditions on retirement behaviour by estimating an implicit cost of keeping on working in a bad job. The cost is measured by the amount of the increase in retirement pension that the employee would claim to accept to postpone the date on which he intends...