Abstract
This paper has a twofold aim:
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Analyse the diffusion of different types of performance pay and the gender differences occurring in the access to this form of compensation
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Analyse to what extent performance-related pay systems impact on the gender wage gap and on the effort-reward balance
To reply to these questions the 6th European Working Conditions Survey is used as it provides information on wages, working conditions and systems of pay evaluation. Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition is then used to highlight the contribution of the different Performance Pay types on the wage differential by gender. The results show a lower access of women to Performance-related compensation systems and a positive contribution of the latter in widening the gender pay gap.
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Addabbo, T. (2020). Wage Discrimination by Gender and Performance Evaluation. In: Addabbo, T., Ales, E., Curzi, Y., Fabbri, T., Rymkevich, O., Senatori, I. (eds) Performance Appraisal in Modern Employment Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26538-0_3
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