TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Green, Colin P.
AU  - Heywood, John S.
        TI  - Does Performance Pay Influence Hours of Work?
        PY  - 2022/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15474
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15474
        AB  - A large body of research links performance pay to poorer worker health. The exact mechanism generating this link remains in doubt. We examine a common suspect, that performance pay causes employees to work longer hours in pursuit of higher pay. Using representative data for the UK, we demonstrate that performance pay is associated with more work hours and a higher probability of working long hours. Yet approximately two thirds of these differences reflect worker sorting rather than behavioral change. The remaining influence appears too small to generate the differences in health except for blue-collar occupations that we isolate.
        KW  - performance related pay
KW  - working hours
        ER  -