Posts tagged with 'field experiment'
December 3, 2018
Wheelchair users face considerable discrimination in the labor market
Disability reduced callback rates by 50% in a field experiment
March 15, 2018
The impact of self-selection on performance
Our behavior is strongly influenced by comparisons with others. These “others” are not usually assigned to us, but we choose […]
September 20, 2016
Discrimination against female migrants wearing a headscarf
Germany is currently experiencing a high influx of Muslim migrants. Their labor market integration is a crucial policy goal. However, […]
September 2, 2014
Using employee recognition to boost productivity
Good bosses know that recognition and words of appreciation are key tools to motivate employes and increase productivity. But what […]
July 11, 2014
Having a successful start-up: How your team should be composed
Entrepreneurship is an important source of innovation and technological change. And as standard macro theory suggests, these are main drivers […]
April 25, 2014
How to make your employees creative – evidence from a field experiment
As globalization increases the need to continuously improve and adapt to new technology and changing competition, many companies are seeking […]
April 14, 2014
Knowing that you matter, matters: the luck of having a meaningful job
What if somebody told you that your job was completely irrelevant and useless? Would you still work with the same […]
December 20, 2013
Women are not scared of competing with males, field experiment shows
Despite increasing female labor market participation, gender differences in labor market outcomes persist: men earn more, have better employment perspectives […]
November 4, 2013
Persuading mothers to work: results from an experiment
Many women see themselves as the better providers of care for their children, and thus refrain from delegating child care. […]
November 1, 2013
How to manage the quality-quantity tradeoff
A commonly acknowledged problem in running a business is that the more that is produced, the lower the quality due […]
October 25, 2013
Relative bonus payment schemes do not increase performance
Many firms run employee-of-the-month or job promotion contests. Stock brokers get additional money if they beat the index. Bonus payment […]
July 22, 2013
Men vote for Mars, women vote for Venus
A new IZA discussion paper by Vincenzo Galasso and Tommaso Nannicini investigates whether the degree of aggressiveness of political campaigns […]
July 15, 2013
Munich discriminates against lesbians, Berlin does not
Are lesbians subject to labor market discrimination? And can they avoid discrimination by adopting a more conventional lifestyle such as […]
June 24, 2013
Do people discriminate others or favor their ownkind?
Discrimination is omnipresent in today’s labor markets: women receive lower wages, foreigner are less likely to be hired. While the […]