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Measuring Ratchet Effects within a Firm: Evidence from a Field Experiment Varying Contractual Commitment
Bellemare, Charles; Shearer, Bruce S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We present results from a field experiment designed to measure the importance of managerial commitment to a contract within a firm that pays its workers piece rates. In the tree planting industry the piece rate paid to workers is determined as a function of the difficulty of the terrain to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779438
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Performance pay and multi-dimensional sorting: productivity, preferences and gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - 2006
overconfidence affect worker self-selection, in particular into tournaments. Fourth, risk averse workers prefer fixed payments and … into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267618
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Peer pressure, incentives, and gender: an experimental analysis of motivation in the workplace
Bellemare, Charles; Lepage, Patrick; Shearer, Bruce S. - 2009
We present results from a real-effort experiment, simulating actual work-place conditions, comparing the productivity of workers under fixed wages and piece rates. Workers, who were paid to enter data, were exposed to different degrees of peer pressure under both payment systems. The peer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276697
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Peer Pressure, Incentives, and Gender: An Experimental Analysis of Motivation in the Workplace
Bellemare, Charles; Lepage, Patrick; Shearer, Bruce S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We present results from a real-effort experiment, simulating actual work-place conditions, comparing the productivity of workers under fixed wages and piece rates. Workers, who were paid to enter data, were exposed to different degrees of peer pressure under both payment systems. The peer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005011910
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Measuring Ratchet Effects within a Firm: Evidence from a Field Experiment Varying Contractual Commitment
Bellemare, Charles; Shearer, Bruce S. - 2014
We present results from a field experiment designed to measure the importance of managerial commitment to a contract within a firm that pays its workers piece rates. In the tree planting industry the piece rate paid to workers is determined as a function of the difficulty of the terrain to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377306
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Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
overconfidence affect worker self-selection, in particular into tournaments. Fourth, risk averse workers prefer fixed payments and … into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703774
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Emotions and Incentives
Kräkel, Matthias - 2004
analyzed by focusing on three incentive schemes that are frequently used in practice: tournaments, bonuses and piece rates. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262021
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Emotions and Incentives
Kräkel, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
analyzed by focusing on three incentive schemes that are frequently used in practice: tournaments, bonuses and piece rates. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703572
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Team Incentives: Evidence from a Firm Level Experiment
Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
composition. We present evidence from a field experiment designed to evaluate the impact of rank incentives and tournaments on the … productivity and composition of teams. Strengthening incentives, either through rankings or tournaments, makes workers more likely … incentives only reduce the productivity of teams at the bottom of the productivity distribution, and monetary prize tournaments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422064
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Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; Sutter, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Many tournaments are plagued by sabotage among competitors. Typically, sabotage is welfare-reducing, but from an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646301