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> Are the workers that are getting paid in advance 6.2% more productive or are the workers not getting paid in advance 6.2% less productive because of that? Th
by wutbrodo 6y ago
> Are the workers that are getting paid in advance 6.2% more productive or are the workers not getting paid in advance 6.2% less productive because of that?
This question isn't meaningful. "Less" and "more" are relative terms. There's no way to choose which one is occurring in the absolute.
- username90 6y agoIt does matter a lot, changing things usually creates a short term improvement but over time that improvement goes away. This is a very common problem when evaluating teaching methods etc, basically any change at all will make teachers and kids excited and improve learning, but once those changes becomes standard the improvements go away and sometimes even reverse.
- imtringued 6y agoThe problem with the article is indeed that this is just a one time change. It's effectively a mini loan from the employer and you can only get it once.