Blanes i Vidal, Jordi 
ORCID: 0009-0002-9237-2049 and Nossol, Mareike
(2009)
Tournaments without prizes: evidence from personnel records.
CEP Labour Market Workshop.
London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
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Abstract
We use a quasi-experimental research design to study the introduction of a relative performance evaluation without introducing relative performance pay. The setting is a firm in which workers are paid piece rates and where, at some point, management begins to reveal to workers their relative position in the distribution of pay and productivity. We find that merely providing this information leads to a large and permanent increase in productivity that is costless to the firm. Our findings are consistent with the interpretation that workers' incipient concerns about their relative standing are activated by information about how they are performing relative to others.
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Monograph
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| Official URL: |
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/09-03-09-BLA.pd... |
| Additional Information: |
© The Authors |
| Divisions: |
LSE |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| JEL classification: |
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J33 - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M1 - Business Administration > M12 - Personnel Management
M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M5 - Personnel Economics > M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects (stock options, fringe benefits, incentives, family support programs, seniority issues)
M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M5 - Personnel Economics > M54 - Labor Management (team formation, worker empowerment, job design, tasks and authority, work arrangemetns, job satisfaction) |
| Date Deposited: |
26 Jan 2011 14:42 |
| Last Modified: |
13 Sep 2024 20:12 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31722 |
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