Arbeitspapier

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

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6410

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Field Experiments
Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
Labor Contracts
Thema
gift exchange
reciprocity
multi-tasking
laboratory and field experiments
Arbeitsleistung
Anforderungsprofil
Austauschtheorie (Soziologie)
Vergütungssystem
Feldforschung
Test

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kim, Min-taec
Slonim, Robert
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2012

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201206146998
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

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

Entstanden

  • 2012

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