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Unsustainable for productivity gains to lag wage growth: MTI study

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Lee U-Wen

Lee U-Wen

Published Wed, Feb 24, 2016 · 09:50 PM
    Wage growth vs productivity gains

    Singapore

    THE average wage growth for resident workers in Singapore outpaced productivity gains over the last decade, and also in the more recent five-year period from 2010 to 2015.

    But this trend is not sustainable in the long run, says a new study published in the latest edition of the Economic Survey of Singapore.

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