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The phrase "a decrease in the wages of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in salary or pay for employees or workers in a specific context.
Example: "The company announced a decrease in the wages of its employees due to financial difficulties."
Alternatives: "a reduction in employee salaries" or "a cut in wages for workers."
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Click here to see graph on mobile Chasing competitiveness through lower wages leads invariably to a decrease in the wages of the lower paid.
Not surprisingly our results show that government's nontraded expenditure leads to a reduction in output of other sectors and a decrease in the wages of these sectors leading to Dutch disease and income disparity.
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Not surprisingly, the results reveal a large relation to the share of women in the occupational group: one additional percentage point of women is associated with a decrease in the wage rank of 8% on the scale from 16 to 1. Finally, the percentage of employees in an occupation is associated with a decrease in its wage rank.
A recent study on gender and wages [ 16] found that 'An increase in the percentage of women in an occupation has a large downward effect on its wage rank' (p. 1), with one additional percentage point of women in an occupation being associated with a decrease in the wage rank of 8% in standardized USD (p. 13).
Instead he argues, "we have to face up to the fact that this is also a wage versus profit problem – with an increase in the share of profits, and a decrease in the share of wages".
The authors credit the drop to a possible decrease in hourly wages (the exact average hourly wage of ride-hailing drivers is still unclear), a decrease in the amount of time drivers put into their gig work, and an increased pool of workers not supported by demand.
The union's is calling for increases in the $23.5 billion federal education budget, a decrease in the number of students in each classroom and a national minimum wage of $40,000 a year for teachers.
Wages increase only with an increase in capital or a decrease in the number of workers.
This means that for women, a work absence is followed by a decrease in wages at the mean wage.
If the supply of labour increased, wages would fall, eventually causing a decrease in the labour supply.
Additionally, the narrowing of the gender wage gap may be attributed to a decrease in men's wages instead of an increase in women's wages.
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