The concept of generations has become increasingly important in the social science fields to
explain diverse phenomena affecting organizations. This is especially true in the family …

This chapter surveys the contributions of laboratory experiments to labor economics. We
begin with a discussion of methodological issues: when (and why) is a lab experiment the …

We develop a novel computerized real effort task, based on moving sliders across a screen,
to test experimentally whether agents are disappointment averse when they compete in a …

An important line of research using laboratory experiments has provided a new potential
reason for gender imbalances in labour markets: men are more competitively inclined than …

We document that China's One-Child Policy (OCP), one of the most radical approaches to
limiting population growth, has produced significantly less trusting, less trustworthy, more …

We use recruitment into a laboratory experiment in Kolkata, India to analyze how social
networks select individuals for jobs. The experiment allows subjects to refer actual network …

This paper examines the role of cooperativeness and impatience in the exploitation of
common pool resources (CPRs) by combining laboratory experiments with field data. We …

The study of effort provision in a controlled setting is a key research area in experimental
economics. There are two major methodological paradigms in this literature: stated effort …

Robotics and artificial intelligence are transforming jobs and career paths, and equip**
workers with the ability to gain new skills has become a strategic policy imperative. Previous …

We overview the use of field experiments in labor economics. We showcase studies that
highlight the central advantages of this methodology, which include:(i) using economic …