The authors test the hypothesis that individual effort on the job depends both on one's own income and on the individual's position in the relevant income distribution. Combining experimental evidence from a gift-exchange game with multi-country ISSP survey data, they analyze the extent to which...

This paper provides a general framework that accounts for the decay of the average contribution observed in most experiments on voluntary contributions to a public good. Each player balances her material utility loss from contributing with her psychological utility loss of deviating from her...

We present a new experiment that explores gender differences in both performance and compensation choices. While most of the previous studies have focused on tournament vs. piece-rate schemes, the originality of our study consists in examining the gender gap in the context of a flat wage scheme....

Experimental studies have shown that sanctions effectively deter free riding within groups. However, the over-use of costly punishment may actually harm overall welfare. A main reason for over-punishment is that free-riders generate negative emotions that likely favor excessive punishments. In...

We use data from the Trajectoires et Origines survey to analyze the labor-market outcomes of both second-generation immigrants and their French native counterparts. Second-generation immigrants have on average a lower probability of employment and lower wages than French natives. We find however...

Notre étude s'intéresse aux politiques reposant sur les campagnes de communication visant à sensibiliser les gens au problème de la fraude fiscale et à les inciter à réduire leur comportement de fraudeur. Il s'agit de politiques en amont puisqu'elles agissent avant la déclaration de...

Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects ? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes...

Cet article relate les résultats d’une expérience portant sur les incitations à contribuer à la protection de l’environnement. Il s’agit plus précisément de comparer l’efficacité des politiques de préservation des biens environnementaux et celles visant à améliorer les...

Cet article relate les résultats d’une expérience portant sur les incitations à contribuer à la protection de l’environnement. Il s’agit plus précisément de comparer l’efficacité des politiques de préservation des biens environnementaux et celles visant à améliorer les...