Hartzell, Jay C.; Parsons, Christopher A.; Yermack, David L. - In: Journal of Labor Economics 28 (2010) 3, pp. 509-539
We study the compensation and productivity of more than 2,000 Methodist ministers in a 43-year panel data set. The church appears to use pay-for-performance incentives for its clergy, as their compensation follows a sharing rule by which pastors receive approximately 3% of the incremental...