Tag
self_control
2 findings
Behaviour & psychologyEmployee-Defined Commitment ContractsWorkers voluntarily selected positive production targets 28% of the time, and choosing commitment contracts increased production by 120 fields (a 2% increase over the baseline of 5,311 fields), while evening target choices boosted earnings by 3%. Workers missed self-selected targets only 2.6% of the time compared to 8.6%–14.1% for firm-imposed targets.RCTBehaviour & psychologySophistication and Learning in Self-ControlAfter two months of work experience, workers with high payday sensitivity were 20.6 percentage points (73%) more likely to voluntarily select commitment contracts than low-payday-effect workers, and access to commitment contracts increased output by 9% for this group.RCT