Labor Shortages and Wages

The cluster debates how reductions in labor supply, such as from job quits or shortages, create upward pressure on wages via supply and demand dynamics, challenging views on wage stagnation and labor market responses.

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US SNAP RTO wikipedia.org SV wages labor workers wage supply demand pay supply demand labor market higher

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whataretensors Aug 24, 2017 View on HN

Lower worker supply because the job sucks? Increase wages. Capitalism!

Mikeb85 Aug 3, 2017 View on HN

Who'd have thought limiting the labour pool would drive up wages?

wahnfrieden Jan 5, 2023 View on HN

workers shouldn't benefit from rising wage markets?

unprepare Apr 14, 2016 View on HN

Youre talking about a shotrage of labor.The creates upward pressure on wages, as businesses need to attract more workers.Dont see how this is a bad thing, given that wages have been stagnant for decades

bdcs Jan 31, 2019 View on HN

Wages and salaries (and, perhaps, prices) would not go down. Your argument and the parent of it, is falling for the lump of labor fallacy. By adding supply of labor, the demand for labor goes up as well. It is actually well-agreed on by economists, but I see many smart people, on the left and right, get it wrong.I implore you both to read and listen about it (google/"lump of labor").

marcusverus Jul 15, 2019 View on HN

Reducing demand for labor to increase wages? What could go wrong?

orev Aug 27, 2018 View on HN

This isn’t about “trickle-down”, it’s basic supply and demand. If there’s a low supply of workers, and the demand is high, the price of workers goes up.

Ericson2314 Aug 27, 2021 View on HN

if everyone does it, labor will become more scarse, and wages should go back up too to recover the some or all of missing 1/5, so please everyone do this!

foogazi Sep 27, 2020 View on HN

More people entering the workforce kept wages down?

throwaway0a5e Jul 26, 2022 View on HN

No. It's not. It's basic supply and demand. You see this every time there's supply side constraints on labor. Usually they're geographic and short lived but big ones sometimes happen too.