Talk:Piece work

Merge

I agree that poorly-formed piece rate article should be either be deleted and redirected to piece work or merged into it (if anyone thinks there is something worth saving). They are two sides of the same coin. Piece work is differentiated from other sorts of work exclusively because it is paid at a piece rate, and piece rates are paid exclusively for piece work, and neither is so weighty a subject as to require an article separate from the other. KevinCuddeback 13:04, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Done. Piece rate has been merged into Piece work. Tocharianne 06:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

"Unsourced material may be challenged and removed."

This article is one of those articles that cannot be removed and must stay on Wikipedia because it has government backing, and it is something that is known to economists / etc. There should be a new box entirely just for this kind of situation, rather than just the same box we use for new articles. 68.190.126.248 (talk) 15:22, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

I have a go at putting a little structure and sense into this article- but economics is outside my real competence- I will be using UK references and UK-ENG- it can be changed at GA stage if necessary. I will take it slowly hoping others will take over. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 10:08, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Dr. Villeval's comment on this article

Dr. Villeval has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:

The article should cite more reference in personnel economics. Introducing a piece rate system in a company has not only an impact on the incentives provided to workers to support their effort but also an impact on the self-selection of workers across companies.

Important missing references are:

Lazear, Edward (1998), Personnel Economics for Managers. New York: Wiley.

Prendergast, C. (1999). The provision of incentives in firms. Journal of Economic Literature, 37, 7–63.

Lazear, Edward P., (1989). "Pay Equality and Industrial Politics." Journal of Political Economy, 97(3), 561-80

Lazear, E. (2000). "Performance Pay and Productivity." American Economic Review, 90(5), 1346-61.

Experimental tests:

T. Eriksson, M.C. Villeval.(2008). Performance Pay, Sorting and Social Motivation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 68(2), 412−421.

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin (2009). Performance pay and multi-dimensional sorting: productivity, preferences and gender. American Economic Review.

We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.

Dr. Villeval has published scholarly research which seems to be relevant to this Wikipedia article:

• Reference : Julie Beugnot & Bernard Fortin & Guy Lacroix & Marie Claire Villeval, 2013. "Social Networks and Peer Effects at Works," Working Papers 1323, Groupe d'Analyse et de Theorie Economique (GATE), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Universite Lyon 2, Ecole Normale Superieure.

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