The authors investigate how the amount and source of income affects the importance placed on money. Using a longitudinal analysis of the British Household Panel Survey and evidence from two laboratory experiments, they found that larger amounts of money received for labor were associated with...

Using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey, the authors examine how individuals' employment compensation - salaried or hourly - affects their decisions to trade time for money. Results indicate that there is a positive association between hourly wages and a desire to...

This paper examines how the amount of dispersion in an organization's salary distribution and an individual's location in that distribution affect turnover. Using data for the years 1978-79 and 1983-84 on more than 10,000 administrators in 821 U.S. colleges and universities, the authors find...