Piece Rates, Fixed Wages, and Incentive Effects: Statistical Evidence From Payroll Records

Harry Paarsch and B Shearer

Working Papers from Laval - Recherche en Energie

Abstract: We estimate the gain in productivity that is realized by paying workers piece rates rather than fixed wages; i.e., the incentive effect.

Keywords: PRODUCTIVITY; WAGES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 1996
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