Relational Goods, Monitoring and Non-Pecuniary Compensations in the Nonprofit Sector: The Case of the Italian Social Services

39 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2006

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Michele Mosca

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II

Marco Musella

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Dipartimento di Teoria Economica e Applicazioni

Francesco Pastore

IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Seconda Università di Napoli - Dipartimento di Discipline Giuridiche ed Economiche Italiane Europee e Comparate

Abstract

This paper investigates the nonprofit wage gap suggesting a theoretical framework where, like in Akerlof (1984), effort correlates not only with wages, but also with non-monetary compensations. These take the form of relational goods and services by-produced in the delivery of particular services. By paying higher non-pecuniary compensations, the nonprofit sector attracts intrinsically similarly skilled, but more motivated workers, able to provide in fact a higher level of effort than their counterparts in the forprofit sector. On an empirical ground, the paper provides a number of econometric tests that confirm the main predictions of the model in Italy's case. It adds to the available empirical literature by introducing in the analysis direct measures of non-pecuniary compensations and job satisfaction.

Keywords: relational goods, job satisfaction, wage determination, non-profit

JEL Classification: I00, J31, L31, L84

Suggested Citation

Mosca, Michele and Musella, Marco and Pastore, Francesco and Pastore, Francesco, Relational Goods, Monitoring and Non-Pecuniary Compensations in the Nonprofit Sector: The Case of the Italian Social Services. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2254, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=928793 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.928793

Michele Mosca

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Marco Musella

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Dipartimento di Teoria Economica e Applicazioni ( email )

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