Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/329783 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economica [ISSN:] 1468-0335 [Volume:] 92 [Issue:] 368 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 1149-1167
Publisher: 
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
performance pay
contracted hours
actual hours
gender
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