Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/317863 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Business Ethics [ISSN:] 1573-0697 [Volume:] 190 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer Netherlands [Place:] Dordrecht [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 553-568
Publisher: 
Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht
Abstract: 
Abstract This study examines the effects of donation incentives on labor supply in an online labor market through a field experiment ( n  = 944). We manipulate the donation purpose of the incentive to be either unifying or polarizing and the size of the donation relative to the workers’ wage. Our experimental design allows us to observe the decision to accept a job (extensive margin) and different dimensions of productivity (intensive margin). We predict and show that a unifying donation purpose attracts more gig workers and improves their productivity compared to a polarizing donation purpose. We discuss the implications of these results in order to understand the role of donation incentives and labor supply in online labor markets.
Subjects: 
Social incentives
Labor supply
Online gig working
Experiment
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Additional Information: 
C93;D23;M52
Creative Commons License: 
cc-by Logo
Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version
Appears in Collections:

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.