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On the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes
Sliwka, Dirk - 2003
By enriching a principal-agent model it is shown that the introduction of monetary incentives may reduce an agent … convictions of others, high powered incentives signal that not sticking to agreements is a widespread behavior and may lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263084
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On the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes
Sliwka, Dirk - University of Bonn, Germany - 2003
By enriching a principal-agent model it is shown that the introduction of monetary incentives may reduce an agent … convictions of others, high powered incentives signal that not sticking to agreements is a widespread behavior and may lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004968398
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On the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes
Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
By enriching a principal-agent model it is shown that the introduction of monetary incentives may reduce an agent … convictions of others, high powered incentives signal that not sticking to agreements is a widespread behavior and may lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700905
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Trust as a Signal of a Social Norm and the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes
Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
. High-powered incentives may crowd out motivation as pessimism about the norm is conveyed. But by choosing fixed wages or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761807
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Paying gig workers : evidence from a field experiment
Butschek, Sebastian; Amor, Roberto González; … - 2019
We study the performance effects of payment schemes for freelancers offering services on an online platform in an RCT. Under the initial scheme, the firm pays workers a pure sales commission. The intervention reduces the commission rate and adds a fixed payment per processed order to insure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121553
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Paying gig workers - evidence from a field experiment
Butschek, Sebastian; Amor, Roberto González; … - 2019
We study the performance effects of payment schemes for freelancers offering services on an online platform in an RCT. Under the initial scheme, the firm pays workers a pure sales commission. The intervention reduces the commission rate and adds a fixed payment per processed order to insure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137977
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Job mission as a substitute for monetary incentives : experimental evidence
Cassar, Lea - 2014
Are monetary and non-monetary incentives used as substitutes in motivating effort? I address this question in a … and non-monetary incentives imperfect. These findings have implications for the design of incentives in mission …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414760
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Wage structure and the incentive effect of promotions
Herpen, Marco van; Cools, Cornelis; Praag, Mirjam van - 2004
This paper studies wage structure characteristics and their incentive effects within one firm. Based on personnel records and an employee survey, we provide evidence that wages are attached to jobs and that promotions play a dominant role as a wage determinant. We furthermore show that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337995
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Incentives to Support Motivation and Performance of Public Organizations
Coccia, Mario - 2019
In management, incentives are a reward to motivate people and create favorable conditions directed to achieve specific … incentives to suggest management implications directed to support motivation and performance of employees in public organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889086
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An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and the Delegation of Worker Authority
DeVaro, Jed - 2010
risk and incentives. Using data from the 1998 Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) representing a cross-section of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137206