The effect of charitable giving on workers’ performance: Experimental evidence

Gary Charness, Ramon Cobo-Reyes and Ángela Sánchez

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, vol. 131, issue PA, 61-74

Abstract: We investigate how donating worker earnings for voluntary extra work, a form of corporate social responsibility, affects worker behavior. Participants entered data for 60minutes, with piece-rate pay. They could then stay for up to another 30minutes; we varied the piece-rate pay and whether it was paid to the worker or to charity. When this piece-rate is high, workers produce more for own pay than when their earnings go to charity. However, with low piece-rates, this relationship reverses. There is also little difference in performance between paying workers a small amount and not paying anything at all.

Keywords: Charity; Productivity; CSR policy; Effective incentive (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D29 H40 J30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2016.08.009

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