Piece rates for professors

John Heywood, Xiangdong Wei and Guangliang Ye

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 113, issue 3, 285-287

Abstract: Using panel data, we demonstrate a 50% increase in research productivity following a dramatic increase in the piece rate paid for articles by a major Chinese University. The increased productivity comes exclusively from those who were already research active.

Keywords: Piece rates; Research productivity; Difference-in-difference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.005

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