@article {1857, title = {Is there a wage premium for volunteer OSS engagement? {\textendash} signalling, learning and noise}, journal = {Applied Economics}, year = {2016}, month = {09/2016}, pages = {1 - 16}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {Volunteer-based open-source production has become a significant new model for the organization of software development. Economics often pictures this phenomenon as a case of signaling: Individuals engage in the volunteer programming of open-source software (OSS) as a labor-market signal resulting in a wage premium. Yet, this explanation could so far not be empirically tested. The present paper fills this gap by estimating an upper-bound composite wage premium of voluntary OSS contributions and by separating the potential signaling effect of OSS engagement from other effects. Although some 70\% of OSS contributors believe that OSS involvement benefits their careers, we find no actual labor market premium for OSS engagement. The presence of other motives such as fun of play or altruism render OSS contributions too noisy to function as a signal.}, keywords = {open source software, peer production, signalling, voluntary work, wage formation}, issn = {1466-4283}, doi = {10.1080/00036846.2016.1218427}, author = {Bitzer, J{\"u}rgen and Geishecker, Ingo and Schr{\"o}der, Philipp J. H.} } @article {10.1109/HICSS.2009.998, title = {Understanding the Nature and Production Model of Hybrid Free and Open Source Systems: The Case of Varnish}, journal = {42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2009)}, year = {2009}, pages = {1-11}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, abstract = {This is a detailed interpretive case study analysis of an open source software project, called Varnish. The conceptual framework is based on the literature covering issues of commons based production models and the organization of open source projects. The comparative analysis reveals that Varnish is a hybrid project, encompassing the features of open source software while managed by a company as a proprietary project would. It is also hybrid in the sense that it employs a combination of hierarchical and commons based peer production model features. This mix of characters addresses a variety of problems related to each of the aforementioned categories.}, keywords = {case study, organizational sponsorship, peer production, varnish}, isbn = {978-0-7695-3450-3}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2009.998}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/07-07-02.pdf}, author = {Zegaye Seifu Wubishet} }