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Why do firms run all-employee stock purchase plans?

12 February 2015

Alex Bryson, John Forth and Richard Freeman present research into the benefits of all-employee stock purchase plans. They find that employees who joined the plan were more committed to the firm, more satisfied with their jobs and behaved in ways which were productivity-enhancing, namely working longer hours and taking less sickness absence.

The article was published on the LSE's British Politics and Policy blog on February 12, 2015
Link to article here

Related publications
'Employee Stock Purchase Plans - Gift or Incentive? Evidence from a Multinational Corporation', Alex Bryson and Richard B. Freeman, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1307, October 2014

Related links
Alex Bryson webpage
Richard Freeman webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

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