Do Workers Work More if Wages Are High? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

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Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2007
Volume: 97
Issue: 1
Pages: 298-317

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Abstract

Most previous studies on intertemporal labor supply found very small or insignificant substitution effects. It is possible that these results are due to constraints on workers' labor supply choices. We conducted a field experiment in a setting in which workers were free to choose hours worked and effort per hour. We document a large positive elasticity of overall labor supply and an even larger elasticity of hours, which implies that the elasticity of effort per hour is negative. We examine two

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:97:y:2007:i:1:p:298-317
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25