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Experiments have become a popular and well-established method to examine labor market phenomena and human relations in the firm. One of the advantages of experimental research is that it allows gathering data usually unavailable in the field. Experiments are therefore ideally suited to complement research based on field data as conducted by most working groups within the NFN. Our working group applies innovative experimental methods to study novel issues with respect to labor markets and the welfare state. We propose research in three areas. The first set of projects studies the effects of competition on work relations, cheating, and unethical behavior towards minorities. Second, we examine the incentive effects of taxation and redistribution on work effort and the cognitive perception of the incentive effects. The results from these experiments will improve our empirical understanding of labor supply related to the work of other working groups within the NFN. Finally, we exploit the synergies between our methodological competence in conducting controlled experiments and the comparative advantage of the NFN in accessing individual-level field data. In particular, we will run large-scale field experiments to study the determinants of the participation to preventive disease screening. This project will be conducted in close collaboration with the Subproject Health.

 

Project Leader

   Sausgruber, Rupert
 University of Innsbruck
  Experimental Investigation of Labor Market
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   Parolini, Arno
  University of Innsbruck
  Experimental Investigation of Labor Market
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   Schwazer, Peter
 

Universtity of Innsbruck

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Tyran, Jean-Robert

 University of Vienna
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Weber, Andrea

 University of Mannheim
 Labor Market Policy
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   Weichselbaumer, Doris
 University of Linz
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