18
Dez
2017
14:15
- 15:45
IWH Research Seminar
Social Comparisons in Job Search: Experimental Evidence
Wer
Richard Upward
(University of Nottingham)
Wo
IWH conference room
Using a laboratory experiment we examine how social comparisons affect behavior in a sequential search task. In a control treatment, subjects search in isolation while in two other treatments subjects get feedback on the search decisions and outcomes of a partner subject.