Minimum wages and excessive effort supply

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 108
Issue: 3
Pages: 341-344

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

It is well-known that, in static models, minimum wages generate positive worker rents and, consequently, inefficiently low effort. We show that this result does not necessarily extend to a dynamic context. The reason is that, in repeated employment relationships, firms may exploit workers' future rents to induce excessively high effort.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:3:p:341-344
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25