On the role of social wage comparisons in gift-exchange experiments [Dataset]https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10034Siang, Ch’ng KeanRequate, TillWaichman, IsraelheiDATA2014-11-052017-04-06T06:48:18ZThis study extends a bilateral gift-exchange experiment by Clark et al. (2010). We investigate how the provision of either quantitative or qualitative information on the average wage paid in all worker–employer relationships impacts the wage set by employers and worker performance. We find that information on the average wage reduces (increases) both wage offers and effort levels in one-shot (repeated) relationships.Social SciencesGift exchangeReciprocityWage differenceRequate, T., Siang, C.K. & Waichman, I., 2011. On the role of social wage comparisons in gift-exchange experiments. In Economics letters. LAUSANNE: Elsevier, S. 75–78., doi, 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.0242011-04-032014-11-03Data file is licensed under a <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/">Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) v1.0</a>.