Revving up wages: How rising productivity has benefited car industry workers

Fast productivity growth in the UK car industry led to staff in the sector earning about 37% more than the average manufacturing employee by the 2010s. But Andreas Teichgraeber and Tim Obermeier show that while wages went up, the share of the productivity gains going to workers declined.

Tim Obermeier and Andreas Teichgraeber

20 February 2025     Paper Number CEPCP699

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This work is published under POID and the CEP's Growth programme.