Wage dispersion and workers' effort

Maria Fernanda Rivas and Matthias Sutter

We study experimentally the relationship between intra-firm wage dispersion chosen by principals and workers' performance. Principals show a preference for more egalitarian wage schemes, and workers are negatively influenced by high levels of wage inequality. -- wage dispersion ; effort ; experiment ; gift-exchange

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Rivas, María Fernanda ; Sutter, Matthias
Publisher:	Innsbruck : Univ. Innsbruck, Inst. für Finanzwiss.
Subject:	Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Vergütungssystem \| Compensation system \| Leistungsmotivation \| Work motivation \| Experiment \| Arbeitsleistung \| Sozialer Austausch

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (8 S.)
Series:	Working papers in economics and statistics. - Innsbruck : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1993-6885, ZDB-ID 2467024-8. - Vol. 2008-15
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/71950 [Handle]
Classification:	C92 - Laboratory; Group Behavior ; J33 - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects (stock options, fringe benefits, incentives, family support programs)
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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