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Why Does Tipping Still Exist? (Update)
47 minutes Posted Aug 6, 2025 at 1:00 am.
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It’s a haphazard way of paying workers, and yet it keeps expanding. With federal tax policy shifting in a pro-tip direction, we revisit an episode from 2019 to find out why.

 

  • SOURCES:
    • John List, economist at the University of Chicago.
    • Michael Lynn, professor of consumer behavior and marketing at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.
    • Uri Gneezy, economist at the University of California, San Diego’s Rady School of Management.
    • Danny Meyer, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group, and founder and chairman of the board of Shake Shack.