Arbeitspapier

Performance pay and productivity: The moderating role of a high-wage policy

Using panel data from German establishments, this study finds that performance pay is associated with increased productivity only when it is coupled with a high-wage policy. This holds for individual-based performance pay, group-based performance pay and profit sharing.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Research Papers in Economics ; No. 4/15

Classification
Wirtschaft
Production and Organizations: General
Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
Subject
performance pay
high-wage policy
productivity
fixed effects regressions

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Jirjahn, Uwe
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – Volkswirtschaftslehre
(where)
Trier
(when)
2015

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Jirjahn, Uwe
  • Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – Volkswirtschaftslehre

Time of origin

  • 2015

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