Cooperation and Competition in Intergenerational Experiments in the Field and the Laboratory

There is economic pressure to postpone the retirement age, but employers are still reluctant to employ older workers. We investigate the comparative behavior of juniors and seniors in experiments conducted both onsite with the employees of two large firms and in a conventional laboratory environment...

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Published in:	The American economic review Vol. 99; no. 3; pp. 956 - 978
Main Authors:	Charness, Gary, Villeval, Marie-Claire
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nashville American Economic Association 01.06.2009
Subjects:	Age Age discrimination Aging Behavior Business structures Comparative analysis Competition Cooperation Economic competition Economic theory Employers Employment Experimental economics Experiments Female employees Job search Labor force Laboratories Multiculturalism & pluralism Occupations Older adults Older people Older workers Public goods Retirees Retirement Risk Risk aversion Social interaction Standard deviation Studies Teams Workers Workplaces Younger workers
ISSN:	0002-8282, 1944-7981
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