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| Author: | Winter-Ebmer, R. Zweimüller, J. |
| Title: | Intra-firm Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance |
| Journal: | Kyklos
1999 : VOL. 52:4, p. 555-572 |
| Index terms: | PAY PRODUCTIVITY PAY INCENTIVES |
| Language: | ger |
| Abstract: | Personnel economics has put forward conflicting arguments concerning the impact of increased wage dispersion within a firm on the productivity of its workers. Besides giving more incentives, bigger wage differentials might also give rise to less co-operation and more politicking amongst workers resulting in worse outcomes. We try to shed light on these issues using panel data for Austrian Firms. As indicators for firm performance we use standardised wages. For white- collar wages the following picture emerges: more dispersion leads to higher earnings up to some point where the relation changes its direction For blue-collar wags we find a positi- ve association between dispersion and standardised wages be- tween firms, but no relation within firms over time. |
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