http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/wage_inequality Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:46:45 -0400 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:46:45 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1316/foodservice-experience-and-tipping-behavior-further-evidence-of-wage-inequality-between-tipped-and-non-tipped-workers By Katherine S. Fisher - This study focuses on the relationship between prior foodservice experience and a person’s tipping behavior. Using data from a survey of 500 University of Maryland undergraduate students, an analysis is completed by regressing restaurant experience and waiting experience on perceived average tip percentage while controlling for gender and ethnicity. A positive, significant relationship is found between the two independent variables regarding work experience and the dependent variable. This research is an attempt to illustrate the wage-inequality between tipped workers and non-tipped workers... Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:28 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1316/foodservice-experience-and-tipping-behavior-further-evidence-of-wage-inequality-between-tipped-and-non-tipped-workers