Asymmetric labor-supply responses to wage-rate changes: Evidence from a field experiment
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- Doerrenberg, Philipp & Duncan, Denvil & Loeffler, Max, 2016. "Asymmetric Labor-Supply Responses to Wage-Rate Changes: Evidence from a Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 9683, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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labor supply; loss aversion; labor supply elasticities w.r.t. wages;JEL classification:
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2016-02-29 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2016-02-29 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-UPT-2016-02-29 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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