Adverse Effects of Contol: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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Keywords
control; hidden costs of control; remote work; field experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2021-03-08 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2021-03-08 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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