Barth, Erling; Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Using Norwegian establishment surveys from 1997 and 2003, we show that performancerelated pay is more prevalent in firms where workers of the main occupation have a high degree of autonomy in how to organize their work. This observation supports an interpretation of incentive pay as motivated by...