@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp4941, author={Charness, Gary and Kuhn, Peter J.}, title={Lab Labor: What Can Labor Economists Learn from the Lab?}, year={2010}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={4941}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4941}, abstract={This paper surveys the contributions of laboratory experiments to labor economics. We begin with a discussion of methodological issues: why (and when) is a lab experiment the best approach; how do laboratory experiments compare to field experiments; and what are the main design issues? We then summarize the substantive contributions of laboratory experiments to our understanding of principal-agent interactions, social preferences, union-firm bargaining, arbitration, gender differentials, discrimination, job search, and labor markets more generally.}, keywords={laboratory experiments;principal-agent theory;personnel economics;labor economics}, }