Is Germany’s competitiveness model still in place?
Germany’s competitiveness model is well known: Labour costs in industry are high; But this is offset by: Germany’s high level of product sophisticated; And the low level of labour costs in services. This is key to understanding the German model, as industry consumes a lot of services. Is this model now disappearing, given: Germany’s productive specialisation, which has become a hindrance? The rise in labour costs in German services?