Does Minimum Wage Increase Labor Productivity? Evidence from Piece Rate Workers

Hyejin Ku

No 2013, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)

Abstract: We examine worker effort as a potential margin of adjustment to a minimum wage hike using unique data on piece rate workers who perform a homogenous task and whose individual output is rigorously recorded. By employing a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits the increase in Florida’s minimum wage from $6.79 to $7.21 on January 1, 2009, and worker location on the pre-2009 productivity distribution, we provide evidence consistent with incumbent workers’ positive effort responses.

Keywords: minimum wage; incentive; effort; labor productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 J38 M50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-06
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