Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate health outcomes for workers subject to
piece rate historically to better understand the implications of pay type in the modern-day gig …

While many stakeholders believe worker wages in global supply chains are too low, there is
disagreement about what, if anything, can be done to raise wages. Through a two-year …

Firms face an optimization problem that requires a maximal quantity output given a quality
constraint. But how do firms incentivize quantity and quality to meet these dual goals, and …

Background Piece rate pay remains a common form of compensation in developing-world
industries. While the piece rate may boost productivity, it has been shown to have …

This paper examines workers' response to a nonlinear payment system with a penalty and a
reward design in a manufacturing firm in China. Using bunching methods, our estimates …

Tournaments are commonly used in the workplace to determine promotion, assign bonuses,
and motivate personal development. Tournament-based contracts can be very effective in …

The authors study an international law firm that changed its compensation plan for team
leaders to address a multitasking problem: Team leaders were focusing their effort on …

We study interfirm competition on a product market where effort decisions are delegated to
the firms' workers. Intrafirm organization is captured by a principal-multi-agent framework …

Firms face an optimization problem that requires a maximal quantity output given a quality
constraint. How firms should incentivize quantity and quality to meet these dual goals …