Fair wages survive multiple sources of income inequality

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 121
Issue: 3
Pages: 473-477

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

When an employee in a gift exchange game earns significantly less than the employer, the source of employer income does not affect effort choices. However, to induce one unit of effort, the employer has to pay higher wages than in a game without payoff inequality.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:121:y:2013:i:3:p:473-477
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25