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A new explanation for wage stagnation

Liwa Rachel Ngai [1] interviewed by Tim Phillips [2], 21 August 2020

Low-skilled workers are concentrated in sectors with fast productivity growth, so why isn't their pay rising? Rachel Ngai tells Tim Phillips that one explanation is in how low-skilled workers are reallocated between different sectors. 

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Topics:  Labour markets [7]

Tags:  low-skilled labour [8], real-wage stagnation [9]

Source URL: https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/new-explanation-wage-stagnation

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[1] https://voxeu.org/user/223872
[2] https://voxeu.org/user/250023
[3] itpc://www.voxeu.org/rss.php?q=itunes_podcast
[4] https://voxeu.org/article/declining-worker-power-versus-rising-monopoly-power
[5] https://voxeu.org/article/paradox-stagnant-real-wages-yet-rising-living-standards-uk
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/innovation-premium-soft-skills-low-skilled-occupations
[7] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/labour-markets
[8] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/7830
[9] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/10443