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Sorting and wage premiums in immoral work

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2024
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Schneider, F. H., Brun, F., & Weber, R. A. (2024). Sorting and wage premiums in immoral work (No. 353; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).

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We use surveys, laboratory experiments and administrative data to study how heterogeneity in the perceived immorality of work and in workers’ aversion to acting immorally impact labor market outcomes. Immoral work is associated with higher wages, both in administrative data and in causal experimental evidence. Individuals more willing to engage in immoral conduct find employment in firms and industries perceived as immoral less aversive and have higher employment rates in immoral work in the laboratory. These phenomena appear to be dr

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Working paper series / Department of Economics

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Working Paper

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C92
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D03

Keywords

Wage premium, immoral behavior, impure social preferences, sorting, experiments

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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

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English

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2024-05

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2020-07-08

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60

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1664-705X

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Revised version

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Green

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merlin-id:19579

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306 since deposited on 2020-07-08
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198 since deposited on 2020-07-08
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Schneider, F. H., Brun, F., & Weber, R. A. (2024). Sorting and wage premiums in immoral work (No. 353; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).

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