While piece rates were a common form of payment in manufacturing, historians have rarely tried to understand the cross-sectional structure of piece-rate prices. This paper examines piece rates paid to weavers at a US cotton factory and demonstrates that in most cases expected daily earnings were constant across different piece rates. While some rates did result in higher daily earnings, there is no evidence of gender discrimination in the assignment of such rates.

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有些计件价比其他的好吗？美国棉花厂单件费率的横截面变化


虽然计件工资是制造业中一种常见的付款方式，但历史学家很少试图理解计件工资价格的横截面结构。本文研究了美国棉花厂支付给织工的计件工资，并表明在大多数情况下，不同计件工资的预期每日收入是恒定的。虽然有些费率确实导致了更高的日收入，但没有证据表明在分配此类费率时存在性别歧视。