by Duncan Gilchrist, Michael Luca - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Oct 2013
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When $3+$1 > $4: The Effect of Gift Salience on Employee Effort in an Online Labor Market

Keywords: by Duncan Gilchrist, Michael Luca & Deepak Malhotra

29 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

boost his or her motivation. It does—under certain conditions. The evolving field of behavioral economics is challenging the assumption that more money inevitably leads to increased effort. In a recent field study that he conducted along with Harvard colleagues View Details

Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette

25 Mar 2021
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Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

unconditional bonus before a project’s start boosted productivity, while another study concluded that those benefits were short-lived. A study by Luca, former HBS doctoral student Duncan View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 May 2011
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PublicationsNonsimultaneous Chains and Dominos in Kidney Paired Donation—Revisited Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Duncan S. Gilchrist, Alvin E. Roth, and Michael A. Rees... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Podcast - Business & Environment

market for reusable containers for take-out food and beverages. Fabian shares how Vytal is tackling packaging waste by building a reusable container system for restaurants, canteens, and major events. He explains why deposit-based systems... View Details

May 2011
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Nonsimultaneous Chains and Dominos in Kidney Paired Donation—Revisited

By: Itai Ashlagi, Duncan S. Gilchrist, Alvin E. Roth and Michael A. Rees

Since 2008 kidney exchange in America has grown in part from the incorporation of non-directed donors in transplant chains rather than simple exchanges. It is controversial whether these chains should be performed simultaneously ("domino paired donation," DPD) or... View Details

Keywords: ABO Incompatibility; Allosensitization; Paired Kidney Exchange; Regional Sharing; Simulation Models; Transplantation Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Logistics; United States

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September 2016
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When 3+1>4: Gift Structure and Reciprocity in the Field

By: Duncan S. Gilchrist, Michael Luca and Deepak Malhotra

Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and lead to increased productivity? In a field experiment with 266 employees, we find that paying higher wages, per se, does not have a discernible effect on productivity (in a context with no future employment opportunities).... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Performance Productivity

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26 May 2015
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Gilchrist, Duncan S., Michael Luca, and Deepak Malhotra Abstract— Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and lead to increased productivity? In a field experiment with 266... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

initial wages in increasing worker productivity, Duncan Gilchrist (MBA 2014, PhDBE 2015), Professor Deepak Malhotra and Assistant Professor Michael Luca found in a field... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

insurgent's clear mission and purpose, an unambiguous owner mindset, and a relentless obsession with the front line) can resolve the predictable crises of growth. Scalability Rules: Principles for Scaling Web Sites by Martin L. Abbott... View Details

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