Sentence examples for workers relative from inspiring English sources

In the 18th century, Europe had a high ratio of low-skilled workers relative to America.

Only Florida and Illinois have fewer state workers relative to population.

Middle- and lower-income workers' relative earning power started falling in the late 1970s — more than a decade before Nafta.

But it isn't so easy to evaluate workers' relative value to their companies, because that value has so many dimensions.

This promises a "demographic dividend", as the number of workers relative to children and the elderly increases.

We are much more independent now than before: But a big issue with welfare is having enough workers relative to those on welfare.

After reaching an all-time high in 2002, the earnings of full-time female workers relative to their male counterparts fell slightly last year, to 75.5percentt.

The consensus is that the main cause was technology, which increased the demand for skilled workers relative to their supply, with freer trade reinforcing the effect.

Economists typically cite globalization and technological change, both of which increase the earnings prospects of skilled workers relative to the less skilled.

That's just supply and demand: we're talking about large increases in the number of low-skill workers relative to other inputs into production, so it's inevitable that this means a fall in wages.

According to Professors Goldin and Katz, for the past century technological progress has been a steady force not only increasing average living standards, but also increasing the demand for skilled workers relative to unskilled workers.