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wage premium

wage premium noun: the average amount that the wages of members of a certain group are greater than those of the population as a whole.

Noun

wage premium (plural wage premiums)

  1. The average amount that the wages of members of a certain group are greater than those of the population as a whole

Forms of wage premium

pluralwage premiums

Words formed from wage premium

Questions about wage premium

What does wage premium mean?
Wage premium means the average amount that the wages of members of a certain group are greater than those of the population as a whole.
What part of speech is wage premium?
Wage premium is a noun.
What is the plural of wage premium?
The plural of wage premium is wage premiums.

Words near wage premium in the dictionary

  1. wage labours
  2. wage moderation
  3. wage moderations
  4. wage packet
  5. wage packets
  6. wage premium
  7. wage premiums
  8. wage scale
  9. wage scales
  10. wage share
  11. wage shares

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