Wage dispersion and workers' effort
Maria Fernanda Rivas () and
Matthias Sutter
Working Papers from Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck
Abstract:
We study experimentally the relationship between intra-firm wage dispersion chosen by principals and workers' performance. Principals show a preference for more egalitarian wage schemes, and workers are negatively influenced by high levels of wage inequality.
Keywords: wage dispersion; effort; experiment; gift-exchange (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C92 J33 M52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 2008-07
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