How performance related pay affects productivity and employment

A. C. Gielen; M.J.M. Kerkhofs; J.C. van Ours

How performance related pay affects productivity and employment

A. C. Gielen
, M.J.M. Kerkhofs
, J.C. van Ours

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This paper uses information from a panel of Dutch firms to investigate the labor productivity effects of performance related pay (PRP). We find that PRP increases productivity at the firm level with 9% and employment growth with 5%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-301
Journal	Journal of Population Economics
Volume	23
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2010

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