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Why overpaying workers can make them work harder

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Hook: Sometimes paying above market rate isn't generosity, it is a hostage situation. The efficiency wage hypothesis argues that intentionally overpaying staff creates a constant, terrifying fear of being fired, forcing them to actually work hard instead of endlessly browsing the internet.

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