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Efficiency Wages and Effort: Are Hard Jobs Better?

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  • Strobl, Eric

    (University of Bern)

  • Walsh, Frank

    (University College Dublin)

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Efficiency wage theory predicts that the wage per unit of effort will be lower in intensively monitored sectors. This wage differential will increase in effort. Using employer-employee matched data from Ghana we provide evidence supporting this hypothesis.

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  • Strobl, Eric & Walsh, Frank, 2002. "Efficiency Wages and Effort: Are Hard Jobs Better?," IZA Discussion Papers 661, IZA Network @ LISER.
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