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What makes some employment relationships successful, and causes others to fail? What is the role of government and the law in enhancing the performance of existing and new employment relationships? These are key questions for personnel economics. Its primary goal is to understand the relationship between institutions and employee performance. Recent research in behavioral economics has begun to enhance our understanding of the psychological foundations of incentives, and demonstrates that performance does not depend only upon the relationship between measured performance and pay, but also upon many other features of the workplace environment, including employee morale, job security, and the perceived "fairness" of one's pay. The purpose of this program is to find ways to model and measure these institutions and then to assess the importance that they play in determining employee performance. The results from this research can inform both businesses and government on the best way to manage their employees and improve existing laws and regulations.

For general information about this program area, please contact: persecon@iza.org

   
Armin Falk,
Program Director, University of Bonn

Email: armin.falk@uni-bonn.de
 
 
Steffen Altmann,
Deputy Program Director, IZA

Tel.: +49-228-38 94 403
Email: altmann@iza.org


Events

Date Title Location Deadline
16.10.2008  -
18.10.2008
IZA Workshop: Behavioral Labor Economics IZA, Bonn  
25.05.2007  -
26.05.2007
IZA Workshop: Behavioral and Organizational Economics IZA, Bonn  
03.07.2006  -
07.07.2006
IZA Workshop and Topic Week: Institutions and the Employment Relationship IZA, Bonn  
30.05.2005  -
31.05.2005
First Annual IZA Workshop on Behavioral and Organizational Economics IZA, Bonn  


Recent Discussion Papers

No. Author(s) Title Date PDF Link to Abstract
3839 Robert Dur Gift Exchange in the Workplace: Money or Attention?
(forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association)
November 2008 Abstract
3836 Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin Child Care Subsidies and Child Development November 2008 Abstract
3835 Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Matthias Wibral Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multi-Stage Elimination Tournaments November 2008 Abstract
3834 Eberhard Feess, Michael Gerfin, Gerd Muehlheusser Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices: Evidence from German Soccer November 2008 Abstract
3832 Juan José Dolado, Rodolfo Stucchi Do Temporary Contracts Affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Firms November 2008 Abstract
3831 Timothy Brezina, Erdal Tekin, Volkan Topalli "Might Not Be a Tomorrow": A Multi-Methods Approach to Anticipated Early Death and Youth Crime November 2008 Abstract
3822 Corrado Andini Wage Bargaining and the (Dynamic) Mincer Equation November 2008 Abstract
3813 Andrew E. Clark, Nicolai Kristensen, Niels Westergård-Nielsen Economic Satisfaction and Income Rank in Small Neighbourhoods
(forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association)
November 2008 Abstract
3812 Alpaslan Akay, Peter Martinsson Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia November 2008 Abstract
3811 Magnus Carlsson, Dan-Olof Rooth An Experimental Study of Sex Segregation in the Swedish Labour Market: Is Discrimination the Explanation? November 2008 Abstract
3810 Magnus Carlsson, Dan-Olof Rooth Is It Your Foreign Name or Foreign Qualifications? An Experimental Study of Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring November 2008 Abstract
3799 Dan-Olof Rooth Automatically Activated Stereotypes and Differential Treatment Against the Obese in Hiring October 2008 Abstract
3797 Robert A. Hart, Yue Ma Wage-Hours Contracts, Overtime Working and Premium Pay October 2008 Abstract
3794 Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen An Afriat Theorem for the Collective Model of Household Consumption October 2008 Abstract
3784 Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn, Marie-Claire Villeval Competition and the Ratchet Effect October 2008 Abstract
3775 Robert Hall, Alan B. Krueger Wage Formation between Newly Hired Workers and Employers: Survey Evidence October 2008 Abstract
3771 Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis Social Image Concerns and Pro-Social Behavior October 2008 Abstract
3770 Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis Motivating Altruism: A Field Study October 2008 Abstract
3763 Mikael Elinder, Henrik Jordahl, Panu Poutvaara Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting October 2008 Abstract
3760 Blaise Melly, Patrick A. Puhani Privatization and Changes in the Wage Structure: Evidence from Firm Personnel Records October 2008 Abstract


Selected Publications


Journal Articles:

Martin Brown, Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr "Relational Contracts and the Nature of Market Interactions", in: Econometrica, 2004, 72, 747-781.
Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Götte, David Huffman "Loss Aversion and Labor Supply", in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2, 216-228.
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher "Driving Forces Behind Informal Sanctions", in: Econometrica, 2005, 73 (6), 2017-2030.
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Christian Zehnder "Fairness Perceptions and Reservation Wages - The Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wage Laws", in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121 (4), 1347-1381.
Armin Falk, Michael Kosfeld "The Hidden Cost of Control", in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611-1630.
Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, Imran Rasul "Incentives for Managers and Inequality Among Workers: Evidence from a Firm Level Experiment", in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (2), 729-773.
Dirk Sliwka "Trust as a Signal of a Social Norm and the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes", in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (3), 999-1012.
Armin Falk "Gift Exchange in the Field", in: Econometrica, 2007, 75 (5), 1501-1511.
Klaus Fliessbach, Bernd Weber, Peter Trautner, Thomas Dohmen, Uwe Sunde, Christian E. Elger, Armin Falk "Social Comparison Affects Reward-Related Brain Activity in the Human Ventral Striatum", in: Science, 2007, 318 (5854), 1305-1308.
Ernst Fehr, Alexander Klein, Klaus M. Schmidt "Fairness and Contract Design", in: Econometrica, 2007, 75 (1), 121-154.
 
 

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