Across countries and time, real wage growth is followed by faster productivity growth: Relationship between annual growth in productivity and lagged annual growth in real wages, 1980–2015

x y
3.11952% -4.5138%
-0.13069 -4.45238
2.98926 -3.98381
0.666945 -3.80523
-0.72772 -3.55907
-0.02631 -3.48483
-0.19829 -2.85797
4.99929 -2.74863
1.28935 -2.6647
0.429391 -2.6478
1.69324 -2.28498
0.996367 -1.6246
1.42027 -1.54213
1.51666 -1.45234
0.766642 -1.4233
0.156957 -1.4115
3.23598 -1.40489
0.801075 -1.40417
1.57516 -1.31967
1.516 -1.31495
2.96785 -1.23104
1.06514 -1.20281
5.41225 -1.06712
2.07446 -1.0473
2.96444 -1.04681
1.05 -1.01795
0.672888 -0.99072
0.93342 -0.95321
1.89162 -0.93978
1.89376 -0.8918
3.05765 -0.87842
1.21766 -0.83847
1.12975 -0.81353
2.16429 -0.77363
1.34084 -0.76154
3.83242 -0.73974
0.689392 -0.7376
0.696468 -0.736
2.9317 -0.71553
0.97872 -0.68642
0.960187 -0.67076
0.686741 -0.64625
2.26884 -0.62942
-0.35755 -0.58972
1.92429 -0.57579
0.361513 -0.56535
0.798404 -0.55007
3.62865 -0.52239
2.27784 -0.5117
1.80723 -0.4136
2.80116 -0.39553
0.717613 -0.35606
0.374848 -0.34397
0.372776 -0.32305
0.273206 -0.30308
0.852266 -0.27374
1.72067 -0.24583
1.22413 -0.22847
0.493787 -0.22664
3.68142 -0.18799
0.007487 -0.1774
4.20056 -0.17536
0.468865 -0.16349
1.01195 -0.15743
2.75108 -0.15649
-0.55779 -0.11245
0.905711 -0.08735
2.50495 -0.08571
1.12683 -0.06767
2.04682 -0.05789
2.29957 -0.03398
1.10637 0.003642
3.02142 0.004362
0.25641 0.018084
0.247433 0.02613
2.27732 0.048747
-0.71129 0.054527
-0.15149 0.054563
0.173742 0.063196
3.02374 0.074678
2.48996 0.082601
1.57432 0.097017
2.32733 0.110312
2.94194 0.114556
3.31752 0.119691
1.4002 0.120878
2.73858 0.12207
2.64564 0.126643
-0.08121 0.128129
0.175574 0.134035
0.577516 0.148339
2.46191 0.189693
0.858461 0.210037
2.94511 0.219218
0.427812 0.249304
1.14904 0.280952
2.40267 0.280993
0.087207 0.284292
-0.80402 0.286236
1.85886 0.29035
3.48124 0.297027
1.17177 0.299871
5.17399 0.30443
1.9627 0.339078
0.369852 0.352414
1.26998 0.380265
2.14702 0.386318
1.08098 0.406061
2.58485 0.413224
0.114607 0.428818
0.582625 0.433982
0.834605 0.439706
0.643892 0.441837
1.88952 0.455005
0.17438 0.472012
2.71305 0.472057
2.38491 0.473624
2.60342 0.474302
2.09474 0.474858
2.33029 0.479365
0.995661 0.48372
2.46321 0.489826
2.2466 0.498479
2.9889 0.498903
3.60773 0.512933
0.781285 0.525386
2.5797 0.532565
0.132695 0.554774
2.68583 0.563985
0.354752 0.567591
-0.14107 0.589794
1.15525 0.591903
1.8384 0.604067
2.63033 0.620473
1.74883 0.630473
-0.17946 0.632591
3.79986 0.632617
3.36732 0.660744
1.2274 0.677783
2.1281 0.680585
1.82749 0.704251
1.16718 0.72155
1.34422 0.765146
2.34957 0.773493
3.32564 0.775337
0.923817 0.778375
2.9258 0.780909
1.35791 0.786217
1.07212 0.800666
2.52218 0.811087
3.38704 0.814816
-0.48244 0.82393
1.22148 0.856327
2.52193 0.859755
1.55207 0.872055
2.35052 0.874541
0.903829 0.895904
1.67577 0.903294
0.405838 0.90519
2.02049 0.907024
5.32944 0.910029
2.37833 0.927899
1.85277 0.932332
1.42589 0.932957
1.42779 0.939327
1.01424 0.939963
2.03725 0.94072
2.16312 0.949795
2.16118 0.957797
0.810112 0.960713
1.39206 0.971414
1.04045 0.978752
4.24402 0.981503
1.22953 0.986414
2.4259 0.988427
1.48937 1.003706
2.15399 1.013035
1.7383 1.029359
5.10016 1.029959
2.63082 1.035307
1.18809 1.050867
-0.88438 1.064371
2.24413 1.10443
1.60067 1.136157
4.85231 1.166811
1.01007 1.187901
0.769422 1.191052
0.294336 1.200767
1.25196 1.201433
-0.35252 1.221734
2.80929 1.229864
4.284 1.237333
4.88286 1.255342
-0.10217 1.259936
-0.35622 1.274886
1.36514 1.275684
1.09995 1.296737
2.2809 1.325582
1.84996 1.334632
1.29341 1.33545
3.49192 1.342361
3.79187 1.344312
0.610427 1.344899
1.67052 1.369036
0.129217 1.373823
4.14016 1.380543
2.73638 1.389947
0.212565 1.395316
2.1545 1.401537
0.568507 1.403391
1.95525 1.424764
2.32758 1.442947
1.30086 1.445285
-0.14575 1.46347
1.53357 1.48644
3.18375 1.490895
2.59998 1.515125
0.7489 1.520414
2.28118 1.530275
2.0979 1.536911
1.43024 1.541574
3.31013 1.553442
2.3589 1.567112
2.0002 1.568533
1.34245 1.615602
2.44256 1.616635
5.35091 1.621017
-0.39374 1.624658
2.62438 1.630891
2.90492 1.639683
3.14535 1.64361
0.932176 1.655323
3.66882 1.664235
0.046491 1.664749
1.4345 1.697611
1.73637 1.700526
3.37678 1.702802
-0.00922 1.703204
2.66789 1.710353
1.5536 1.712773
0.521005 1.717259
2.34893 1.725276
7.18727 1.755627
2.61418 1.760369
1.38178 1.76764
3.84051 1.778455
1.73476 1.814548
1.65145 1.823642
2.16872 1.861218
-0.21486 1.878817
2.2051 1.888128
3.27276 1.888303
3.84547 1.899639
1.19238 1.900297
2.96662 1.908187
1.42376 1.913931
2.26255 1.920923
2.5286 1.922577
2.73571 1.926601
3.07634 1.948327
1.13424 1.949785
2.28107 1.961218
3.47206 1.972288
2.16197 1.973807
2.17674 1.981283
2.34692 1.983274
0.928624 1.989159
0.781085 1.99852
2.31897 1.999475
3.75587 2.009437
1.15936 2.011959
3.66058 2.077775
1.73802 2.093465
2.19285 2.102881
2.19662 2.138601
3.08037 2.146451
3.57912 2.16532
2.9179 2.168787
3.46226 2.179397
2.88328 2.180261
3.79731 2.192555
1.21982 2.204324
3.30105 2.217284
1.88482 2.278245
1.74202 2.28478
2.6609 2.293501
1.81883 2.31415
3.48606 2.314577
2.70573 2.340291
2.2426 2.374781
0.216474 2.380202
1.31917 2.399255
4.40688 2.422577
1.54549 2.424957
1.05198 2.439444
2.25898 2.446665
2.78161 2.518281
3.51743 2.524251
2.57498 2.529643
1.63497 2.549794
2.27774 2.576639
2.91499 2.614761
2.86388 2.619906
3.04925 2.629104
5.34376 2.647621
2.42099 2.647646
3.30168 2.655756
2.33848 2.661049
0.937738 2.673357
6.33424 2.674699
1.25089 2.699656
3.93187 2.71576
2.42994 2.746131
2.61318 2.787402
1.59974 2.793616
7.19385 2.81485
2.35647 2.816059
2.50578 2.843508
0.657724 2.873785
2.89594 2.876561
4.58545 2.881315
3.12563 2.90037
5.99987 2.903814
0.937796 2.916074
2.05386 2.91803
0.298 2.944851
4.63578 2.945025
1.92358 2.953852
1.84307 2.961001
1.67249 2.991811
5.17699 2.996312
2.56676 3.020978
4.66751 3.026795
4.69511 3.032795
2.69659 3.040562
3.44987 3.043101
1.86715 3.097737
0.510952 3.099583
1.96128 3.142377
3.21569 3.159434
1.83214 3.202776
2.89501 3.217649
4.54396 3.219723
2.56891 3.231219
1.8127 3.236455
3.73279 3.237944
2.31573 3.288312
1.87518 3.314518
2.19549 3.319539
0.707106 3.358157
4.91101 3.363765
4.11141 3.368239
4.58492 3.371521
2.92558 3.382589
1.54052 3.422411
3.26773 3.461961
1.07391 3.476745
2.22307 3.488709
0.562762 3.491895
1.7291 3.492983
1.66649 3.510212
5.17015 3.514342
4.03775 3.546141
2.82071 3.579059
1.13868 3.617812
3.04767 3.633816
3.19799 3.642578
3.3913 3.729562
1.99732 3.745521
2.53465 3.784822
3.22337 3.833233
3.12962 3.837738
9.39004 3.879514
2.30252 3.901196
2.30017 3.935261
2.43285 3.946219
3.25731 4.040127
3.62417 4.090703
5.44157 4.15782
2.19542 4.193945
4.06857 4.268641
4.33359 4.353786
2.49864 4.366184
-0.63056 4.376699
3.41132 4.395863
2.13349 4.485063
3.55712 4.489707
2.45979 4.571737
2.96531 4.649461
0.943971 4.742354
4.75438 4.878675
2.58873 4.884939
3.96494 4.922644
3.88802 4.944958
0.807884 5.053768
1.5498 5.196303
1.59953 5.342178
6.58968 5.383738
3.80552 5.846529
2.38105 5.978778
8.17201 6.204578
2.30396 6.729811
3.64432 7.120806
0.491255 7.285176

Source: Data are from the Conference Board Total Economy Productivity series.

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