The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi

We study how career and wage incentives affect labor productivity through self-selection and incentive effect channels using a two-stage field experiment in Malawi. First, recent secondary school graduates were hired with either career or wage incentives. After employment, a half of workers with car...

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Main Authors: KIM, Hyuncheol, KIM, Seonghoon, KIM, Thomas
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soe_research-33192020-12-16T06:39:50Z The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi KIM, Hyuncheol KIM, Seonghoon KIM, Thomas We study how career and wage incentives affect labor productivity through self-selection and incentive effect channels using a two-stage field experiment in Malawi. First, recent secondary school graduates were hired with either career or wage incentives. After employment, a half of workers with career incentives randomly received wage incentives, and a half of workers with wage incentives randomly received career incentives. Career incentives attract higher-performing workers than wage incentives, but do not increase productivity conditional on selection. Wage incentives increase productivity for those recruited through career incentives. Observable characteristics are limited in explaining selection effects of entry-level workers. 2019-12-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2320 info:doi/10.1162/rest_a_00854 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3319/viewcontent/rest_a_00854.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Economics eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Career Incentive Wage Incentive Internship Self-selection Labor Productivity Economics Labor Economics
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Career Incentive
Wage Incentive
Internship
Self-selection
Labor Productivity
Economics
Labor Economics
spellingShingle Career Incentive
Wage Incentive
Internship
Self-selection
Labor Productivity
Economics
Labor Economics
KIM, Hyuncheol
KIM, Seonghoon
KIM, Thomas
The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi
description We study how career and wage incentives affect labor productivity through self-selection and incentive effect channels using a two-stage field experiment in Malawi. First, recent secondary school graduates were hired with either career or wage incentives. After employment, a half of workers with career incentives randomly received wage incentives, and a half of workers with wage incentives randomly received career incentives. Career incentives attract higher-performing workers than wage incentives, but do not increase productivity conditional on selection. Wage incentives increase productivity for those recruited through career incentives. Observable characteristics are limited in explaining selection effects of entry-level workers.
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author KIM, Hyuncheol
KIM, Seonghoon
KIM, Thomas
author_facet KIM, Hyuncheol
KIM, Seonghoon
KIM, Thomas
author_sort KIM, Hyuncheol
title The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi
title_short The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi
title_full The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi
title_fullStr The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi
title_full_unstemmed The role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: Evidence from a two-stage field experiment in Malawi
title_sort role of career and wage incentives in labor productivity: evidence from a two-stage field experiment in malawi
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2019
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2320
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3319/viewcontent/rest_a_00854.pdf
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