Resumen
The majority of people in developing countries are self-employed and can therefore set their own work hours. How do self-employed individuals motivate themselves to work hard day after day? We document four facts about the labor supply of Kenyan bicycle-taxi drivers: (1) drivers work more on days with higher cash needs; and (2) the quitting hazard increases once the driver earns enough to meet his day's need; but (3) the needs are not binding subsistence requirements; and (4) randomized cash payouts have no meaningful effect on labor supply. These results are consistent with models in which workers have reference-dependent preferences over earning targets.
Idioma original | Inglés estadounidense |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 399-414 |
Número de páginas | 16 |
Publicación | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization |
Volumen | 177 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - sep. 2020 |
Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus
- Economía y econometría
- Comportamiento organizativo y gestión de recursos humanos