Posts tagged with 'field experiment'
December 4, 2020
How working-time flexibility affects workers’ productivity in a routine job
Field experiment shows positive effects of allowing greater autonomy at work
April 23, 2020
Helping job seekers online
COVID-19 increases joblessness but also prevents the provision of face-to-face employment assistance
November 20, 2019
Why don’t we sleep enough?
Field experiment explores the role of behavioral biases in sleep choice and shows that monetary incentives work
August 6, 2019
Talk about performance – or pay for it?
Bonus payments may undermine the positive effects of performance reviews
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 […]