Putting Behavioral Economics to Work: Testing for Gift Exchange in Labor Markets Using Field Experiments

Recent discoveries in behavioral economics have led scholars to question the underpinnings of neoclassical economics. We use insights gained from one of the most influential lines of behavioral research-gift exchange-in an attempt to maximize worker effort in two quite distinct tasks: data entry for...

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Published in:	Econometrica Vol. 74; no. 5; pp. 1365 - 1384
Main Authors:	Gneezy, Uri, List, John A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2006 Econometric Society Blackwell
Subjects:	Academic libraries Applications Attorneys Behavioral economics Economic methodology Economic psychology Empirical evidence Employers Exact sciences and technology Experimental economics Experiments field experiment Field experiments Fund raising Fundraising Gift Gift exchange Gift giving Gifts Insurance, economics, finance Labor economics Labor market Labor markets Labour economics Labour market Libraries Mathematics Money Natural hazards Neoclassical economics Probability and statistics Productivity Research centers Research facilities Ritual exchange Sciences and techniques of general use Statistics Volunteers Wages Wages & salaries Workers Statistical method Economics Wage Statistical test Gift exchange Labour market Econometrics Field experiment
ISSN:	0012-9682, 1468-0262
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