Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299138 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1450
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Using German survey data, we show 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. This finding persists in worker fixed effects estimates. We argue 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.
Subjects: 
Performance Pay
Contracted Hours
Actual Hours
Gender
JEL: 
D10
J22
J33
M52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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