Support for increasing low-wage workers' compensation: the role of fixed-growth mindsets about intelligence

• Main Authors: Madan, Shilpa, Ma, Anyi, Pandey, Neeraj, Rattan, Aneeta, Savani, Krishna
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Business::Management; Low-Wage Workers; Minimum Wage
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172088
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Approximately 44% of U.S. workers are low-wage workers. Recent years have witnessed a raging debate about whether to raise their minimum wages. Why do some decision-makers support raising wages and others do not? Ten studies (four preregistered) examined people's beliefs about the malleability...