Jeffrey Yusof @jyusof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025To benchmark our main treatment effect, we also implement an *effort* treatment: Here, effort levels are no longer fixed; instead, relative performance on the task determines which worker receives the high income. [5/14] 100
Jeffrey Yusof @jyusof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025We find a substantial market luck effect: Spectators implement 50% more inequality (Gini coef) in the market luck treatment than in the brute luck treatment—about half of the effort treatment effect. This difference mirrors the inequality gap between Denmark and the U.S.! [6/14] 100
Jeffrey Yusof @jyusof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Additional treatments and analysis of open-ended answers show that: – Mere presence of the buyer alone cannot explain the market luck effect. – Workers’ deservingness increases when they generate a profit for the buyer. [7/14] 100
