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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Does Workplace Competition Increase Labor Supply? Evidence from a Field Experiment |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | NBER Working Paper Series |
| Number | 25948 |
| Number of Pages | 40 |
| Date | 2019 |
| Abstract Text | This paper develops a novel field experiment to test the implicit prediction of tournament theory thatcompetition increases work time and can therefore contribute to the long work hours required in eliteoccupations. A majority of workers in the treatment without explicit financial incentives worked pastthe minimum time, but awarding a tournament prize increased work time and effort by over 80% andlowered costs of effort or output by over a third. Effort was similar with alternative (piece rate, low-prizetournament) bonuses. Men worked longer than women in the high-prize tournament, but for the sameduration in other treatments. |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:18217 |
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