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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Higher wages might also make workers more productive.

而高工资也可能使得工人更有效率。

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'This depressed these workers' wages, but made college graduates whose work was more abstract and creative more productive, driving their salaries up.

这种情况压低了这些职员的薪水，但工作内容更为抽象、更具创造性的大学毕业生的薪水却水涨船高。

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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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With unemployment at 9.7%, executives are also betting they can keep employees motivated and productive without boosting wages.

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People were working longer, people were working harder, people were more productive even as their wages weren't growing.

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