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IZA Discussion Paper No. 14111

Altruism or Money? Reducing Teacher Sorting Using Behavioral Strategies in Peru

Nicolas Ajzenman, Eleonora Bertoni, Gregory Elacqua, Luana Marotta, Carolina Méndez Vargas

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (2), 1049–1091

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14014

The Distinct Impact of Information and Incentives on Cheating

Julien Benistant, Fabio Galeotti, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published as 'Competition, information, and the erosion of morals' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 204, 148-163,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13999

Improving Healthy Eating in Children: Experimental Evidence

Gary Charness, Ramón Cobo-Reyes, Erik Eyster, Gabriel Katz, Ángela Sánchez, Matthias Sutter

revised version publishedd as 'Improving children’s food choices: Experimental evidence from the field: in: European Economic Review, 2023, 159, 104562

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13898

Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning

Francesco Amodio, Miguel A. Martinez-Carrasco

published in: Journal of Labor Economics 2023, 41 (2), 453-478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13860

Labor-Market Conditions and Leadership Styles

Robert Dur, Ola Kvaløy, Anja Schöttner

revised version published in: Management Science, 2022, 68 (4), 3150-3168

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13845

Understanding the Response to High-Stakes Incentives in Primary Education

Maximilian Bach, Mira Fischer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13758

Discontinuous System of Allowances: The Response of Prosocial Health-Care Professionals

Helena Hernandez-Pizarro, Catia Nicodemo, Guillem López Casasnovas

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 190, 104248

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13732

Nudging Demand for Academic Support Services: Experimental and Structural Evidence from Higher Education

Todd Pugatch, Nicholas Wilson

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (5), 1637-1682

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13696

Recruitment, Effort, and Retention Effects of Performance Contracts for Civil Servants: Experimental Evidence from Rwandan Primary Schools

Clare Leaver, Owen Ozier, Pieter Serneels, Andrew Zeitlin

published in: American Economic Review 2021, 111 (7), 2213 - 2246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13498

Team Incentives, Social Cohesion, and Performance: A Natural Field Experiment

Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Oke Onemu, Joeri Sol

published in: Management Science, 2022, 68 (1), 230-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13373

Allocating Subsidies for Private Investments to Maximize Jobs Impacts

David A. Robalino, Jose M. Romero, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13345

Monetary and Social Incentives in Multi-Tasking: The Ranking Substitution Effect

Matthias Stefan, Jürgen Huber, Michael Kirchler, Matthias Sutter, Markus Walzl

published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 56, 104458

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13287

Bias and Careers: Evidence from the Aid Effectiveness Literature

Chris Doucouliagos, Thomas Hinz, Katarina Zigova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13108

The Response to Dynamic Incentives in Insurance Contracts with a Deductible: Evidence from a Differences-in-Regression-Discontinuities Design

Tobias J. Klein, Martin Salm, Suraj Upadhyay

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 210, 104660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12992

Working Too Much for Too Little: Stochastic Rewards Cause Work Addiction

Brice Corgnet, Simon Gächter, Roberto Hernán González

revised version published online as 'No rest for the weary: Pay uncertainty reduces engagement in recovery' in: Journal of Applied Psychology, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12905

When Too Good Is Too Much: Social Incentives and Job Selection

Tommaso G. Reggiani, Rainer Michael Rilke

revised version online as 'Designing Donation Incentive Contracts for Online Gig Workers' in: Journal of Business Ethics, 2024, 190, 553 - 568

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12872

The Economics behind the Epidemic: Afghan Opium Price and Prescription Opioids in the US

Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Roberto Nistico

published as 'Opium Price Shocks and Prescription Opioids in the US' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 86 (3), 449 - 484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12850

Why Are There More Accidents on Mondays? Economic Incentives, Ergonomics or Externalities

Michelle Poland, Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12840

Inputs, Incentives, and Self-Selection at the Workplace

Francesco Amodio, Miguel A. Martinez-Carrasco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12772

Why Don't We Sleep Enough? A Field Experiment among College Students

Mallory Avery, Osea Giuntella, Peiran Jiao

published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 27 September 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12748

Combined and Distributional Effects of EPL Reduction and Hiring Incentives: An Assessment Using Non-Linear DiD

Chiara Ardito, Fabio Berton, Lia Pacelli

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023, 21, 925–954

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12667

Paying Gig Workers – Evidence from a Field Experiment

Sebastian Butschek, Roberto González Amor, Patrick Kampkötter, Dirk Sliwka

published as "Motivating gig workers - evidence from a field experiment" in Labour Economics, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12600

Teacher Performance Pay and Student Learning: Evidence from a Nationwide Program in Peru

Cristina Bellés Obrero, María Lombardi

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 70 (4), 1631–1669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12493

Publication Bias and Editorial Statement on Negative Findings

Cristina Blanco-Perez, Abel Brodeur

published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (623), 1226-1247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12437

Rank Incentives and Social Learning: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Isabella Dobrescu, Marco Faravelli, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Alberto Motta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12297

More Hospital Choices, More C-Sections: Evidence from Chile

Ramiro de Elejalde, Eugenio Giolito

revised version published as "A demand-smoothing incentive for cesarean deliveries" in: Journal of Health Economics 2021, 75, 102411

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12267

Helping under a Combination of Team and Tournament Incentives

Anastasia Danilov, Bernd Irlenbusch, Christine Harbring

published in: in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2019, 162, 120-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12264

Responding to Regulation: The Effects of Changes in Mandatory Retirement Laws on Firm-Provided Incentives

Anders Frederiksen, Colleen Flaherty Manchester

published as 'Personnel Practices and Regulation: How Firm-Provided Incentives Respond to Changes in Mandatory Retirement Law' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (4), 1011-1042

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12250

The Pied Piper: Prizes, Incentives, and Motivation Crowding-In

Luigino Bruni, Vittorio Pelligra, Tommaso G. Reggiani, Matteo Rizzolli

revised version published in: Journal of Business Ethics, 2020, 166(3), 643-658

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12225

Do Tax Incentives Affect Business Location and Economic Development? Evidence from State Film Incentives

Patrick Button

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 77, 315-339.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12217

Incentives, Search Engines, and the Elicitation of Subjective Beliefs: Evidence from Representative Online Survey Experiments

Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Philipp Lergetporer

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231 (1), 304-326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12155

Have You Read This? An Empirical Comparison of the British REF Peer Review and the Italian VQR Bibliometric Algorithm

Daniele Checchi, Alberto Ciolfi, Gianni De Fraja, Irene Mazzotta, Stefano Verzillo

published in Economica, 2021, 88 (352), 1107-1129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11942

Leveraging Patients' Social Networks to Overcome Tuberculosis Underdetection: A Field Experiment in India

Jessica Goldberg, Mario Macis, Pradeep Chintagunta

published as 'Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India' in: American Economic Review: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (1), 259 - 291

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11920

High-Powered Performance Pay and Crowding out of Non-Monetary Motives

David B. Huffman, Michael L. Bognanno

published in: Management Science, 2018, 64 (10), 4669-4680.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11889

Employee Absence: An Organizational Perspective

Jacob Kjær Eskildsen, Anders Frederiksen, Ann-Kristina Løkke

published as 'Employee Absence in Public and Private Organizations' in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (21), 2416-2432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11859

Performance Pay and Prior Learning: Evidence from a Retail Chain

Kathrin Manthei, Dirk Sliwka, Timo Vogelsang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11789