Motivation and markets
MacLeod, W.B. and Malcomson, J.M. (1997) Motivation and markets. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton (Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, (9720) ).
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Many workers receive pay based on subjectively assessed performance, yet the shirking model of efficiency wages excludes it. This paper incorporates such pay, with the following results. Performance pay is more efficient than efficiency wages when the costs of having a job vacant are low and qualified workers in short supply. More capitl-intensive industries pay more than less capital-intensive industries, as observed in studies of interindustry wages differentials. Sustaining an efficient outcome requires a social convention similar to the notion of a fair wage. The model also makes predictions about the relationship between turnover, wages, growth and unemployment.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Item ID: | 33194 |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:27 |
| Contributors: | MacLeod, W.B. (Author) Malcomson, J.M. (Author) |
| Date: | January 1997 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | University of Southampton |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/33194 |
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