Performance Pay and Within-Firm Wage Inequality
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- Erling Barth & Bernt Bratsberg & Torbjørn Hægeland & Oddbjørn Raaum, 2008. "Performance Pay and Within-Firm Wage Inequality," Discussion Papers 535, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
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Keywords
wage inequality; performance related pay; union bargaining;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2009-05-16 (Business Economics)
- NEP-EEC-2009-05-16 (European Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2009-05-16 (Labour Economics)
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