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Registration

Field Before After
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date August 31, 2015
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 113
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 113
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms 34 in check-in treatment, 34 in monitoring treatment, 45 in control
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? Yes
Restricted Data Contact [email protected]
Program Files No
Data Collection Completion Date August 31, 2015
Is data available for public use? No
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Papers

Field Before After
Paper Abstract Credible monitoring of remote workers presents unique challenges that may reduce the benefits of formal organization for their management. We consider whether increasing the salience of monitor productivity without changing incentive contracts or monitoring technology leads to changes in remote worker performance. Results from a field experiment run among multi-dimensional task workers in Kenya demonstrate that increasing the visibility of monitor activity improves performance on task dimensions not being directly paid for. Our evidence is consistent with the importance of conspicuous monitoring when managers and workers are not co-located.
Paper Citation Jensen, Nathan, Elizabeth Lyons, Eddy Chebelyon, Ronan Le Bras, and Carla Gomes. "Conspicuous monitoring and remote work." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 176 (2020): 489-511.
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.05.010
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