Sometimes the very act of hiking wages makes workers more productive.

有时，资方提高工资能使工人更有生产效率。

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In principle, it would be useful to assess productivity losses among workers who are indeed at work and earning their wages yet are less productive because of their health disorder.

有些工人虽然仍然在工作并领取工资，但由于健康疾患，他们的劳动生产率低下，原则上讲，评估这些生产率下降的程度是有好处的。

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Economic theory suggests that wages depend a good deal on the productivity of a worker, with those workers who are more productive commanding higher wages.

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Increased minimum wages price the least-productive workers out of jobs.

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