This chapter surveys the contributions of laboratory experiments to labor economics. We
begin with a discussion of methodological issues: when (and why) is a lab experiment the …

In late 2018, the Journal of Operations Management published an invited methods article by
Lonati et al.(2018) to provide guidance to authors on how to design behavioral experiments …

A large body of research links performance pay to poorer worker health. The mechanism
generating this link remains in doubt. We examine a common suspect, that performance pay …

While pay for performance (PFP) is widely adopted in organizations to boost employee
performance, the empirical evidence on its incentive effect has been mixed. Based on PFP …

Existing empirical work raises the hypothesis that performance pay–whatever its output
gains–may widen the gender earnings gap, because women may respond less to …

While performance pay can benefit firms and workers by increasing productivity and wages,
it has also been associated with a deterioration of worker health. The transmission …

This article provides evidence linking pay-for-performance (P4P) adoption by employers to
long-term and serious mental health problems in employees. Matching survey-based data …

Drawing on stress appraisal and self-determination theories, we hypothesized that the more
requirements of performance-based pay are appraised as a challenge, the more individuals …

Abstract Bloom and Van Reenen (2007) have suggested an index of best management
practices capturing three broad areas: monitoring, targets and incentives. However, it is an …

Using US survey data, we show that those on performance pay work substantially longer
hours. This remains in worker fixed-effect estimates and in worker with employer fixed-effect …