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Butschek, Sebastian, Amor, Roberto Gonzalez, Kampkoetter, Patrick and Sliwka, Dirk ORCID: 0000-0002-8026-0165 (2022). Motivating gig workers - evidence from a field experiment. Labour Econ., 75. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1879-1034

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Abstract

We study the role of risk aversion and intrinsic motivation in how the payment scheme affects the performance of an online platform's freelancers. Our RCT varied whether freelancers were only paid a pure sales commission or a lower commission combined with a fixed payment per order to provide insurance against income fluctuations. We do not find evidence for effect heterogeneity with respect to risk aversion, but sizeable heterogeneity with respect to intrinsic motivation: While - in line with standard theory - the treatment reduced performance for less intrinsically motivated workers, it increased performance among workers with a high task motivation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Butschek, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Amor, Roberto Gonzalez UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kampkoetter, Patrick UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sliwka, Dirk UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8026-0165 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-682517
DOI:	10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102105
Journal or Publication Title:	Labour Econ.
Volume:	75
Date:	2022
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1879-1034
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INCENTIVES; CONTRACTS; MISSIONS; ECONOMY; AGENTS; ASSET; RISK Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68251