Date of Award
2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Sociology
Abstract
Many restaurant servers do not make adequate earnings under the current tipped wage system in America. On top of this, restaurant servers largely lack benefits such as paid sick days and health insurance. Unsurprisingly, those in the food and accommodation industry exhibit among the highest rates of voluntary turnover. As research has shown that raising the non-tipped, standard minimum wage decreases employee turnover and increases overall job tenure, it follows that increases in the tipped minimum wage may increase job tenure for restaurant servers. Using survey data from nearly 1700 white restaurant servers from 2006, this multiple regression analysis shows that higher tipped minimum wages indeed lead to greater overall job tenure.
Recommended Citation
Sienkiewicz, John Henry, "Waiting on You: A Study of Tipped Minimum Wages' Effects on Job Tenure Among White Restaurant Servers" (2016). Master's Theses. 3353.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/3353
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Copyright © 2016 John Henry Sienkiewicz
