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

• Main Authors: KIM, Hyuncheol, KIM, Seonghoon, KIM, Thomas
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Career Incentive; Wage Incentive; Internship; Self-selection; Labor Productivity; Economics; Labor Economics
• Online Access: 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...