IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5976

The Effects of Training on Own and Co-Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment

published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 376-399

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5844

Teams or Tournaments? A Field Experiment on Cooperation and Competition among University Students

Maria Bigoni, Margherita Fort, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso G. Reggiani

revised version published as 'Cooperation or Competition? A Field Experiment on Non-Monetary Learning Incentives' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2015, 15 (4), 1753-1792

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5818

A Multi-Method Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry

Stephen V. Burks, Erin L. Krupka

revised version published in: Management Science, 2012, 1 (58), 203-217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5808

Which Measures of Time Preference Best Predict Outcomes? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Aldo Rustichini

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 84 (1), 308-320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5723

Field Experiments with Firms

Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, Imran Rasul

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25 (3), 63-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5700

What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods

Loukas Balafoutas, Adrian Beck, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Matthias Sutter

revised and extended version published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (3), 876-891

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5699

Biased Perceptions of Income Distribution and Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

Guillermo Cruces, Ricardo Perez Truglia, Martin Tetaz

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 98, 100-112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5550

Social Comparison in the Workplace: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr, Benedikt Herrmann, Frédéric Schneider

revised version published as 'Social Comparison an Effort Provision' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (4), 877-898

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5431

Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Guido Schwerdt, Dolores Messer, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (7-8), 569-583

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5389

Self Selection Does Not Increase Other-Regarding Preferences among Adult Laboratory Subjects, but Student Subjects May Be More Self-Regarding than Adults

Jon E. Anderson, Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Karsten Maurer, Daniele Nosenzo, Ruth Potter, Kim Rocha, Aldo Rustichini

revised version published as 'Self-Selection and Variations in the Laboratory Measurement of Other-Regarding Preferences Across Subject Pools: Evidence From One College Student and Two Adult Samples' in: Experimental Economics, 2013, 16 (2), 170-189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5267

Matched Fundraising: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Steffen Huck, Imran Rasul

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (5-6), 351-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5127

Household Decision Making in Rural China: Using Experiments to Estimate the Influences of Spouses

Fredrik Carlsson, Haoran He, Peter Martinsson, Ping Qin, Matthias Sutter

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 84 (2), 525-536

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5040

Getting More Work for Nothing? Symbolic Awards and Worker Performance

Michael Kosfeld, Susanne Neckermann

published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2011, 3 (3), 86-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5017

Unwillingness to Pay for Privacy: A Field Experiment

Alastair R. Beresford, Dorothea Kübler, Sören Preibusch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4947

Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Alison L. Booth, Andrew Leigh, Elena Varganova

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (4), 547-573

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4846

Psychological Pressure in Competitive Environments: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment: Comment

Martin G. Kocher, Marc V. Lenz, Matthias Sutter

substantially extended version published as: 'Psychological Pressure in Competitive Environments: New Evidence from Randomized Natural Experiments' in: Management Science, 2012, 58 (8), 1585-1591

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4840

Overconfidence is a Social Signaling Bias

Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Aldo Rustichini

revised version published as 'Overconfidence and Social Signalling' in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (3), 949-983

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4733

Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions Are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania

Elena Bardasi, Kathleen Beegle, Andrew Dillon, Pieter Serneels

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2012, 25 (3), 418-447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4690

Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Alison L. Booth, Andrew Leigh

published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 107 (2), 236-238