Variable pay and work hours
Does performance pay reduce the gender time gap
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9725660 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mehrzad B Baktash (0000-0002-1738-961X, Universität Trier), John S Heywood (0000-0001-9600-2462, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), Uwe Jirjahn (0000-0003-1135-7331, Universität Trier, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 368 |
| Pages | 1149-1167 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecca.70004 |
| OpenAlex | W4412729710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 63 |
Using German survey data, we show in worker fixed effects estimates that performance pay is associated with a substantially lower gender hours gap. While performance pay increases the work hours of both men and women, the increase is much larger for women than for men. We argue that our finding likely reflects differences in household production and specialization by gender. Thus, we show that performance pay is not associated with increased hours for men with children in the household. Yet, performance pay is associated with a very large increase in hours for women with children in the household
Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Gender pay gap · Incentive · Labour economics · Microeconomics · Pay for performance · Variable (mathematics) · Wage · Work (physics) · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Mathematics · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |