Isaac Norwich

@IsaacNorwich

PhD Candidate @UChi_Economics | Labor, Public | On the 2026-27 job market

Chicago, IL isaacnorwich.com Joined August 2013

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My JMP studies the effects of tipping on workers and firms.

Tips reward effort: tipped workers earn more by serving more customers. Tipping benefits both workers and their firms!

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Link here pdfs.isaacnorwich.com/Norwich_JMP.pdf

UChicago Economics @UChi_Economics Nov 3

Who benefits from tipping? Tracing customer tips to paychecks, @IsaacNorwich's JMP finds workers keep about 77% as a raise. Firms gain from higher productivity, not just lower wages, because tips reward effort. Read Isaac's paper: economics.uchicago.edu/directory/isaa…

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Isaac Norwich @IsaacNorwich Nov 3

Thanks @alz_zyd_ for sharing my job market paper!

Read the paper and my other work here: isaacnorwich.com

alz Verified account @alz_zyd_ Nov 2

Really cool JMP on tipping. Workers seem to benefit from tips! Firms lower wages, but only by 23-33% of tip revenue. Tipped workers seem to work harder, serving more customers in the same amount of time.

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