| dc.contributor.author | Hunnes, Arngrim | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-07-11T08:26:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-07-11T08:26:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-05 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0804-6824 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/163270 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Is internal wage dispersion good for firm productivity, or do internal wage differences
break the conception of fairness and cause counterproductive behavior among workers?
Contrary to previous empirical work that has found a positive relationship between internal
wage dispersion and firm performance, this paper shows that such a relationship
is not present using a unique linked employer–employee data set for white-collar workers
in Norway over the period from 1986 to 1997. In the analysis, several different wage
dispersion measures are used, of which two explicitly control for wage dispersion within
and between levels in the firm’s hierarchical organization. The analysis also distinguishes between dispersion in the fixed and variable parts of wages. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 263956 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.publisher | Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion paper | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2006:21 | en |
| dc.subject | wages | en |
| dc.subject | bonuses | en |
| dc.subject | wage dispersion | en |
| dc.subject | firm performance | en |
| dc.subject | white-collar workers | en |
| dc.subject | firm hierarchies | en |
| dc.title | Internal wage dispersion and firm performance : white-collar evidence | en |
| dc.type | Working paper | en |
