Unethical behavior within organizations is not rare. We investigate experimentally the role of
status-seeking behavior in sabotage and cheating activities aiming at improving one's …

There is considerable anecdotal evidence that farm workers who are paid by piece rate tend
to “income target,” or work only until they achieve a certain amount of daily income, and then …

Nearly 40% of agricultural workers in the United States earn an hourly wage that is within
10% of the prevailing state‐level minimum wage. We evaluate the impact of the minimum …

Recent changes in agricultural labor supply have created renewed interest in the market for
farm labor. This study estimates the supply of farm labor using 1989–2016 data from the …

This article explores the current practice of motivating agricultural workers in post-socialist
settings. In addition, it attempts to evaluate the different wage systems observed in reality …

This paper studies a fair trade program in which consumers provide a wage subsidy (bonus)
to piece-rate tomato pickers. The total subsidy—determined by sales to participating buyers …

We generalize the disutility of effort function in the linear-Constant Absolute Risk Aversion
(CARA) pure moral hazard model. We assume that agents are heterogeneous in ability …

The objective of this experiment was to compare employment contract systems based of
hourly pay and payment for piecework in relation to the main activities performed in an …

Problem definition: Motivated by the fresh produce industry, this paper studies a farmer's
joint cultivation and fertilizer (a representative farm-input) application decisions facing …

According to the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS), nearly 40 percent of
agricultural workers earn an hourly wage that is within 10 percent of the prevailing state …