Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174972 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6849
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Group compensation and public announcement of performance are two common aspects of working with other people. We randomly assign these aspects to real-effort tasks. Following task completion and payment, subjects are given an unexpected opportunity to donate to a local charity. Group compensation and public announcement of performance have little effect on work performance but striking spillover effects on subsequent donations. Public announcement of performance doubles the amount donated to charity, and group compensation significantly increases the share donating. The results suggest that interpersonal interactions in the workplace environment may have important spillover effects on prosocial behavior outside of work.
Subjects: 
prosocial
spillover
charitable
group
experiment
JEL: 
D01
D64
A13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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