Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51764 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5801
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this note, we present a novel computerized real effort task based on moving sliders across a screen which overcomes many of the drawbacks of existing real effort tasks. The task was first developed and used by us in Gill and Prowse (American Economic Review, forthcoming). We outline the design of our slider task, describe its advantages compared to existing real effort tasks and provide a statistical analysis of the behavior of subjects undertaking the task. We believe that the task will prove valuable to researchers in designing future real effort experiments, and to this end we provide z-Tree code and guidance to assist researchers wishing to implement the slider task.
Subjects: 
real effort task
slider task
design of laboratory experiments
learning and time effects
individual heterogeneity
JEL: 
C90
C91
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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