We investigate the impact of wage comparisons for worker productivity. We present three
studies which all use three-person gift-exchange experiments. Consistent with Akerlof and …

We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm
productivity. To do so, we rely on representative linked employer–employee panel data for …

In this paper, we investigate how social comparison information about referent others (ie,
learning what similar others do, and how they are treated) affects reciprocal relationships …

The pay gap (PG) between executives and employees has received considerable attention.
PG may incentivize employees to work hard for promotions; alternately, it may also lead to …

In this paper, we review the literature on pay variation (eg, pay dispersion, pay compression,
pay range) in organizations. Pay variation research has increased markedly in the past two …

This article investigates the impact of wage dispersion on firm productivity in different
working environments. More precisely, it examines the interaction with:(i) the skills of the …

We investigate the claim that supervisors do not differentiate enough between high-and low-
performing employees when evaluating performance. In a first step, this claim is illustrated in …

There is great interest in understanding the potential of teacher incentives to improve
student achievement. In fact, teacher incentives, either individual or collective, may improve …

In this paper, we formulate and estimate a flexible model of job mobility and wages with two‐
sided heterogeneity. The analysis extends the finite mixture approach of Bonhomme …

This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an
updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer–employee …