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297 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1643
Optimal Incentive Contracts under Inequity Aversion
Florian Englmaier, Achim Wambach
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69 (2), 312-328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1593
Piecework versus Timework in British Wartime Engineering
Robert A. Hart
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1556
Product Market Competition, Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality
Maria Guadalupe
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (3), 439-474
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1527
Aligning Ambition and Incentives
Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache
revised and extended version published in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2011, 27 (3): 655-688.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1477
‘Atypical Work’ and Compensation
John T. Addison, Christopher J. Surfield
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2007, 73(4), 1038–1065
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1430
Riches to Rags Every Month? The Fall in Consumption Expenditures Between Paydays
David B. Huffman, Matias Barenstein
revised version: "A Monthly Struggle for Self-Control? Hyperbolic Discounting, Mental Accounting, and the Fall in Consumption Between Paydays"
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1417
Do Co-Workers’ Wages Matter? Theory and Evidence on Wage Secrecy, Wage Compression and Effort
Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (4), 693-723
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1356
Performance Measure Properties and Incentives
Michael Gibbs, Kenneth A. Merchant, Wim A. Van der Stede, Mark A. Vargus
published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48(2), 237-264
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1340
Incentives in Tournaments with Endogenous Prize Selection
Christine Harbring, Bernd Irlenbusch
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2005, 161 (4), 636-663
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1331
Mixed Up? That's Good for Motivation
Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache
published in : Economic Theory, 2008, 34 (1), 107-125
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1264
Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey
John T. Addison, Clive R. Belfield
published as 'Unions, Training, and Firm Performance' in: Journal of Labor Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 2007, 40 (4), 361-381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1229
Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company
Axel Engellandt, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 241-257
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1191
Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay – An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Tor Eriksson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Performance-pay, sorting and social motivation ' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (2), 412-421.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1183
Consumption and Savings with Unemployment Risk: Implications for Optimal Employment Contracts
Christopher A. Pissarides
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1057
Redesigning Teams and Incentives in a Merger: An Experiment with Managers and Students
Claude Montmarquette, Jean-Louis Rullière, Marie Claire Villeval, Romain Zeiliger
revised version published in: Management Science, 2004, 50 (10), 1379-1389.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 947
Potential, Prizes and Performance: Testing Tournament Theory with Professional Tennis Data
Uwe Sunde
substantially revised version published as 'Heterogeneity and Performance in Tournaments: A Test for Incentive Effect using Professional Tennis Data' in: Applied Economics, 2010, 41 (25), 3199-3208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 887
Transparency and Reciprocal Behavior
Bernd Irlenbusch, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2005, 56 (3), 383-403
IZA Discussion Paper No. 865
Mincer's Overtaking Point and the Lifecycle Earnings Distribution
Solomon Polachek
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2003, 1 (4), 273-304
IZA Discussion Paper No. 855
Career Concerns in a Simple Experimental Labour Market
Bernd Irlenbusch, Dirk Sliwka
published in: European Economic Review, 2006, 50 (1), 147-170
IZA Discussion Paper No. 844
On the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes
Dirk Sliwka
revised version published as IZA DP 2293 and in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (3), 999 - 1012
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