Wage transparency and performance: A real-effort experiment

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 111
Issue: 3
Pages: 236-238

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

Without transparency about peer wages in a real effort experiment, a change of wages does not affect performance. With transparency, however, higher paid workers tend to work more accurately, and lower paid workers shirk more under piece rates.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:111:y:2011:i:3:p:236-238
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25