Minimum cash wages, tipped restaurant workers, and poverty.

Autor/inn/en	Sabia, Joseph J.; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Mackay, Taylor
Titel	Minimum cash wages, tipped restaurant workers, and poverty. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bar gezahlte Mindestlöhne, auf Trinkgeld angewiesene Restaurantmitarbeiter und Armut.
Quelle	In: Industrial relations, 57 (2018) 4, S. 637-670 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0019-8676; 1468-232X
DOI	10.1111/irel.12215
Schlagwörter	Armut; USA; Auswirkung; Kellner; Mindestlohn; Niedriglohn; Armut; Konsumverhalten; Lohnzulage; Mindestlohn; Niedriglohn; Privathaushalt; Gastronomie; Hotel- und Gaststättenberuf; Kellner; Auswirkung; USA
Abstract	"This is the first study to examine the effect of increases in the tipped minimum cash wage - the wage employers must pay to tipped employees - on poverty. Using March Current Population Survey data (1988-2014), we find that tipped minimum cash wage increases are associated with declines in the risk of a tipped restaurant worker living in a poor family (elasticities around -0.2). However, we find little evidence of poverty-alleviating effects when using the household rather than the family as the sharing unit. This result is consistent with evidence that a substantial share of tipped workers who live in a poor family live in a nonpoor household with persons unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption who contribute to the household's income. Furthermore, we find that tipped minimum cash wage hikes are associated with increases in the risk of a younger, less-educated individual living in a poor family or household. Adverse labor demand effects that redistribute income among low-skilled individuals drive these results. We conclude that raising the tipped minimum cash wage is a poorly targeted policy to deliver income to poor restaurant workers." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/4