How performance related pay affects productivity and employment

Anne Gielen; MJM Kerkhofs; Jan van Ours

doi:10.1007/s00148-009-0252-9

How performance related pay affects productivity and employment

Anne Gielen
, MJM Kerkhofs
, Jan 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
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Population Economics
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-009-0252-9
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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