2022
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-022-00322-7
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Labor market tightness and individual wage growth: evidence from Germany

Abstract: It is often stated that certain occupations in Germany, because of “Demographic Change “, are dwindling, implying a labor shortage. We investigate the 10-year wage growth of young employees entering the labor market in different occupations. Our findings suggest that regional labor market tightness in occupational fields significantly explains wage growth. Individuals who start their careers in a tighter labor market enjoy higher wage growth than workers in more relaxed labor markets. We identify some occupati… Show more

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“…Welfare and Wage Growth [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Enterprise Development [3][4][5][28][29][30] Investment Efficiency [6,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] Goods Safety [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] Cash Flow Management [56][57][58][59][60][61][62]…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Welfare and Wage Growth [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Enterprise Development [3][4][5][28][29][30] Investment Efficiency [6,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] Goods Safety [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] Cash Flow Management [56][57][58][59][60][61][62]…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Holding the number of unemployed workers constant, labor market tightness increases if the number of vacancies increases. In a tight labor market, workers can bargain for higher wages, putting upward pressure on wage growth (Domash and Summers, 2022;Brunow et al, 2022;and Jordà et al, 2022) and on inflation (Jordà et al, 2022).…”
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