TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Benson, Alan
AU  - Sojourner, Aaron
AU  - Umyarov, Akhmed
        TI  - Can Reputation Discipline the Gig Economy? Experimental Evidence from an Online Labor Market
        PY  - 2015/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9501
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9501
        AB  - In two experiments, we examine the effects of employer reputation in an online labor market (Amazon Mechanical Turk) in which employers may decline to pay workers while keeping their work product. First, in an audit study of employers by a blinded worker, we find that working only for good employers yields 40% higher wages. Second, in an experiment that varied reputation, we find that good-reputation employers attract work of the same quality but at twice the rate as bad-reputation employers. This is the first clean, field evidence on the value of employer reputation. It can serve as collateral against opportunism in the absence of contract enforcement.
        KW  - online labor markets
KW  - online ratings
KW  - reputation
KW  - labor
KW  - personnel
KW  - contracts
KW  - job search
KW  - screening
        ER  -