Fixed Wages, Piece Rates, and Intertemporal Productivity: A Study of Tree Planters in British Columbia
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- Paarsch, Harry J. & Shearer, Bruce, 1997. "Fixed Wages, Piece Rates, and Intertemporal Productivity: a Study of tree Planters in British Columbia," Cahiers de recherche 9702, Université Laval - Département d'économique.
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Keywords
Compensation Systems; Productivity; Rest; Recuperation; Systèmes de compensation; productivité; repos; récupération;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
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