Ruffini, Krista

Worker Earnings, Service Quality, and Firm Profitability: Evidence from Nursing Homes and Minimum Wage Reforms - The Review of Economics and Statistics 2024 - 1477-1494

This paper examines whether higher earnings for frontline workers affects the quality of employees' output. I leverage increases in the statutory minimum wage, combined with worker, consumer, and firm outcomes in the nursing home sector. I find that highe

0034-6535


Firm Profitability
Minimum Wage Reforms
Nursing Homes
Service Quality
Worker Earnings