Are some piece rates better than others? Cross-sectional variation in piece rates at a US cotton factory

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作者：
Burnette, Joyce [1 ]
机构：
[1] Wabash Coll, Dept Econ, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 USA
来源：
EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY | 2024年 / 94卷
关键词：
Piece-rate wage; Gender wage gap; Cotton textile industry; GENDER; WAGES; PAY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101631
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
While piece rates were a common form of payment in manufacturing, historians have rarely tried to understand the cross-sectional structure of piece-rate prices. This paper examines piece rates paid to weavers at a US cotton factory and demonstrates that in most cases expected daily earnings were constant across different piece rates. While some rates did result in higher daily earnings, there is no evidence of gender discrimination in the assignment of such rates.
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