ECO381 - Personnel Economics

 

 

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Date
Topic
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Homework
Workshops
June 30
Introduction      
July 2
Salary Model

Pre-requisite: Appendix A

Homework 1  
July 7
Piece Rates - Theory

Textbook: Lazear, Garibaldi

Homework 2  
July 9
Piece Rates - Evidence

Pre-requisite: Appendix B

Articles:Shearer (2004)

Homework 3

Workshop 1

Approach

July 14
Piece Rates - Risk Aversion

Pre-requisite: Appendix C

Textbook: Garibaldi

Homework 4  
July 16
Multiple Signals and Tasks

Textbook: Milgrom

Articles: Gibbons and Murphy (1992), Hannaway (1992)

Homework 5 Workshop 2
July 21
Subjective Evaluation

Articles: Bol (2005), Kerr (1975),

Homework 6  
July 23
Tournaments

Pre-requisite: Appendix D, Appendix E

Textbook: Lazear, Garibaldi

Articles: Becker and Huselid (1992)

Homework 7 Workshop 3
July 28
Teams

Pre-requisite: Appendix F

Textbook: Lazear, Garibaldi

Articles: Knez and Simester (2001)

Homework 8  
July 30
Efficiency Wages and Defferred Compensation

Textbook: Lazear, Garibaldi

Articles: Raff and Summers (1987), Gunderson and Pesando (1999)

Homework 9  
Aug 4
Non-Financial Incentives

Textbook: Fehr and Falk (2002)

   
Aug 6
Review