We study, experimentally, how two alternative incentive mechanisms affect team performance, and how a team chooses between alternative mechanisms. We study a group incentive mechanism, where team output is shared equally among team members, and a hierarchical mechanism team output is allocated...

"Although recent evidence suggests that non-cognitive skills such as engagement matter for academic and economic success, there is little evidence on how key educational inputs affect the development of these skills. We present a re-analysis of follow-up data from the Project STAR class-size...

Diversity bzw. Unterschiedlichkeit gewinnt für deutsche Unternehmen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Entsprechend prominent wird das Thema in der Unternehmenskommunikation hervorgehoben. Wenn Diversity allerdings eine solch hohe Geltung besitzt, so darf auch angenommen werden, dass ausgeprägte...