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Choose one of the following three topics. Use at least four recent academic articles to support your arguments, as well as the relevant class readings.

1. Compare empirical studies published since 2015 examining the impact of managers on worker output. Are the findings of each study specific to the type of firm or worker, or can they be generalised across workplaces?

2. Compare empirical studies of remote or hybrid (part office-based, part remote) work from the period between 2015-2020. Do you think that the findings of pre-COVID studies can be useful for predicting how jobs and workplaces might be redesigned after COVID?

3. Lazear's 1998 Safelite Autoglass study (Week 1) was the first empirical study showing the selection and sorting effects that occurred when the firm changed from paying a straight hourly wage to one with a mix of guaranteed hourly pay and piece-rate incentives. Find new (post-2010) empirical evidence from other settings about how piece-rate payments affect productivity. Discuss the types of settings in which using piece-rates to pay workers might be more or less effective.