Personnell Economics, Human Resource Management, Behavioral Economics

Dirk Sliwka is Professor for Management at the University of Cologne. He studied economics at the University of Bonn and at École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique (Ensae) in Paris. He received his diploma in 1995 and his PhD in 1999, both from the University of Bonn. Dirk has published in several journals, among other in American Economic Review, Management Science, Journal of Labor Econonomics, Labour Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.

Published papers

• Talking About Performance or Paying for it? Evidence from a Field Experiment

  Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., & Vogelsang, T. (2022). Talking about performance or paying for it? A field experiment on performance reviews and incentives. Management Science.

• Information, Incentives, and Attention: A Field experiment on the Interaction of Management Controls

  Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., & Vogelsang, T. (2022). Information, incentives, and attention: A field experiment on the interaction of management controls. The Accounting Review.

• Performance Pay and Prior Learning – Evidence from a Retail Chain

  Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T. (2021). Performance Pay and Prior Learning – Evidence from a Retail Chain. Management Science.

Discussion papers

• Multi-rater Performance Evaluations and Incentives

• Strategic incentives in intermediary markets: Field-experimental evidence

• Closing the Gender Gap in Salary Increases: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Promoting Pay Equity

• The Targeted Assignment of Incentive Schemes