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Productivity crowding-out in labor markets with motivated workers

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0 Published in 2018 at "Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization"

DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2018.03.018

Abstract: When workers’ intrinsic motivation matters, a wage increase has mixed consequences on applicants’ productivity and motivation, as shown in public service, healthcare, education and politics. In a simple theoretical framework where ability and motivation are… read more here.

Keywords: productivity crowding; labor markets; productivity; workers productivity ... See more keywords