How many pears would a pear packer pack if a pear packer could pack pears at quasi-exogenously varying piece rates?

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2014
Volume: 99
Issue: C
Pages: 1-17

Authors (2)

Chang, Tom (not in RePEc) Gross, Tal (Boston University)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We examine labor supply using a unique dataset collected from a large pear-packing factory. Pear packers face both expected and unexpected shocks to their wages, and we use this to evaluate different models of inter-temporal labor supply. We find strong evidence for reference-dependent preferences, but only mixed support for models of rational-expectations-based targets.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:99:y:2014:i:c:p:1-17
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25