Arbeitspapier

The multi-dimensional effects of reciprocity on worker effort: Evidence from a hybrid field-laboratory labor market experiment

to connected objects

We examine the gift exchange hypothesis on both the quantity and quality of output using a hybrid field-laboratory labor market experiment. We recruited participants to enter survey data for a well-known charitable organization. Workers were paid either a high or low wage. We find that although the total number of surveys entered did not vary with the wage, high wage workers made fewer errors and entered more surveys after controlling for errors. We further find that for low costs associated with errors, offering the low wage maximizes profits, but for higher costs paying the higher gift exchange wage maximizes profits.

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6410

Classification: Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Field Experiments
Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
Labor Contracts

Subject: gift exchange
reciprocity
multi-tasking
laboratory and field experiments
Arbeitsleistung
Anforderungsprofil
Austauschtheorie (Soziologie)
Vergütungssystem
Feldforschung
Test

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Kim, Min-taec
Slonim, Robert

Event: Veröffentlichung

(who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

(where): Bonn

(when): 2012

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58742

URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201206146998

Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET

Data provider

This object is provided by:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.

Show original at data provider

Object type

Arbeitspapier

Associated

Kim, Min-taec
Slonim, Robert
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

2012

Other Objects (12)

The Multi-Dimensional Effects of Reciprocity on Worker Effort: Evidence from a Hybrid Field-Laboratory Labor Market Experiment

The Multi-Dimensional Effects of Reciprocity on Worker Effort: Evidence from a Hybrid Field-Laboratory Labor Market Experiment

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

Arbeitspapier

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

Arbeitspapier

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

In search of workers' real effort reciprocity : a field and a laboratory experiment

In search of workers' real effort reciprocity : a field and a laboratory experiment

Worker Reciprocity and Employer Investment in Training

Arbeitspapier

Worker Reciprocity and Employer Investment in Training

Can Competition Spoil Reciprocity? - A Laboratory Experiment

Konferenzbeitrag

Can Competition Spoil Reciprocity? - A Laboratory Experiment

Can competition spoil reciprocity? A laboratory experiment

Arbeitspapier

Can competition spoil reciprocity? A laboratory experiment

Choice over Payment Schemes and Worker Effort

Arbeitspapier

Choice over Payment Schemes and Worker Effort

The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity

Arbeitspapier

The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity

Worker Morale and Effort: Is the Relationship Causal?

Arbeitspapier

Worker Morale and Effort: Is the Relationship Causal?

How worker participation affects reciprocity under minimum remuneration policies: Experimental evidence

Arbeitspapier

How worker participation affects reciprocity under minimum remuneration policies: Experimental evidence

Context and interpretation in laboratory experiments: The case of reciprocity

Arbeitspapier

Context and interpretation in laboratory experiments: The case of reciprocity

The Multi-Dimensional Effects of Reciprocity on Worker Effort: Evidence from a Hybrid Field-Laboratory Labor Market Experiment

The Multi-Dimensional Effects of Reciprocity on Worker Effort: Evidence from a Hybrid Field-Laboratory Labor Market Experiment

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

Arbeitspapier

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

Arbeitspapier

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

In search of workers' real effort reciprocity : a field and a laboratory experiment

In search of workers' real effort reciprocity : a field and a laboratory experiment

Worker Reciprocity and Employer Investment in Training

Arbeitspapier

Worker Reciprocity and Employer Investment in Training

Can Competition Spoil Reciprocity? - A Laboratory Experiment

Konferenzbeitrag

Can Competition Spoil Reciprocity? - A Laboratory Experiment

Can competition spoil reciprocity? A laboratory experiment

Arbeitspapier

Can competition spoil reciprocity? A laboratory experiment

Choice over Payment Schemes and Worker Effort

Arbeitspapier

Choice over Payment Schemes and Worker Effort

The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity

Arbeitspapier

The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity

Worker Morale and Effort: Is the Relationship Causal?

Arbeitspapier

Worker Morale and Effort: Is the Relationship Causal?

How worker participation affects reciprocity under minimum remuneration policies: Experimental evidence

Arbeitspapier

How worker participation affects reciprocity under minimum remuneration policies: Experimental evidence

Context and interpretation in laboratory experiments: The case of reciprocity

Arbeitspapier

Context and interpretation in laboratory experiments: The case of reciprocity

The Multi-Dimensional Effects of Reciprocity on Worker Effort: Evidence from a Hybrid Field-Laboratory Labor Market Experiment

The Multi-Dimensional Effects of Reciprocity on Worker Effort: Evidence from a Hybrid Field-Laboratory Labor Market Experiment

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

Arbeitspapier

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

Arbeitspapier

In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity - A Field and a Laboratory Experiment

In search of workers' real effort reciprocity : a field and a laboratory experiment

In search of workers' real effort reciprocity : a field and a laboratory experiment

Worker Reciprocity and Employer Investment in Training

Arbeitspapier

Worker Reciprocity and Employer Investment in Training

Can Competition Spoil Reciprocity? - A Laboratory Experiment

Konferenzbeitrag

Can Competition Spoil Reciprocity? - A Laboratory Experiment

Can competition spoil reciprocity? A laboratory experiment

Arbeitspapier

Can competition spoil reciprocity? A laboratory experiment

Choice over Payment Schemes and Worker Effort

Arbeitspapier

Choice over Payment Schemes and Worker Effort

The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity

Arbeitspapier

The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity

Worker Morale and Effort: Is the Relationship Causal?

Arbeitspapier

Worker Morale and Effort: Is the Relationship Causal?

How worker participation affects reciprocity under minimum remuneration policies: Experimental evidence

Arbeitspapier

How worker participation affects reciprocity under minimum remuneration policies: Experimental evidence

Context and interpretation in laboratory experiments: The case of reciprocity

Arbeitspapier

Context and interpretation in laboratory experiments: The case of reciprocity

Cultural heritage institutions wishing to register will find more information here.

Fields marked * need to be filled in.

Username*

Please enter your username

Email*

Please enter your email address

Please do not fill this field

First name

Last name

Password*

Please enter your password

Confirm password*

Please enter the same password

I have read the terms of use and the privacy policy for the collection of personal data and accept them. *

This field is required.

I would like to subscribe to the newsletter of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. See newsletter subscription info.

Account created

Your "My DDB" account has been successfully created. Before you can log in to your account, you must click the confirmation link in the message we just sent to the email address you provided.