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 …

In this paper, we argue that important labor market phenomena can be better understood if
one takes (a) the inherent incompleteness and relational nature of most employment …

In recent years, many social scientists have claimed that trust plays an important role in
economic and social transactions. Despite its proposed importance, the measurement and …

We find using laboratory experiments that primes that make religion salient cause subjects
to identify more with their religion and affect their economic choices. The effect on choices …

Recent discoveries in behavioral economics have led scholars to question the
underpinnings of neoclassical economics. We use insights gained from one of the most …

What determines reciprocity in employment relations? We conducted a controlled field
experiment to measure the extent to which monetary and nonmonetary gifts affect workers' …

The presence of workers who reciprocate higher wages with greater effort can have
important consequences for firms and labor markets. Knowledge about the extent and …

The role of the market in mitigating and mediating various forms of behavior is perhaps the
central issue facing behavioral economics today. This study designs a field experiment that …

We show experimentally that fairness concerns may have a decisive impact on the actual
and optimal choice of contracts in a moral hazard context. Bonus contracts that offer a …

Abstract Hart and John Moore (2008) introduce new behavioral assumptions that can
explain long-term contracts and the employment relation. We examine experimentally their …