Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma - 2012
This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot … scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based on teams and covered quantity and quality … targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We use data from the agency's performance management system and personnel …