Investigation of Differences in Labour Productivity Between the Visegrád Group Countries (V4) Compared to Germany and the Impact on Their Workers’ Wages

Huth, Andreas (2026) Investigation of Differences in Labour Productivity Between the Visegrád Group Countries (V4) Compared to Germany and the Impact on Their Workers’ Wages. In: FEJLŐDÉSI PÁLYÁK ÉS ÚJ TÖRÉSVONALAK A FENNTARTHATÓSÁGI ÁTMENET IDŐSZAKÁBAN : Nemzetközi tudományos konferencia a Magyar Tudomány Ünnepe alkalmából. Soproni Egyetem Kiadó, Sopron, pp. 567-580. ISBN 9789633345795

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Abstract

This research article analyses the productivity levels achieved by the Visegrád Group countries,also known as V4, in recent years (2015–2024), and whether this productivity is reflected inbetter remuneration for the working population. The official data source used was the ‘LabourProductivity and Unit Labour Costs’ data from the website of the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat). To this end, a statistical comparative analysis between this group ofcountries and Germany was carried out using parametric hypothesis tests, as the data for eachvariable followed a normal distribution, according to the Shapiro–Wilk test performed on thevariables (p > 0.05). The hypothesis tests performed include the t-test for paired samples andPearson's correlation analysis. The result of this statistical analysis (pValue = 0,005) showedthat the Visegrád Group does indeed have a higher level of labour productivity than Germany.This level continues to rise over time, widening the gap between the two comparison groups (p= 0,984; high significant pValue = 2,7315E-7). It was also demonstrated that wage levels in theV4 countries were higher (p = 0,910122; pValue = 0,000256) than in Germany (p = 0,773000;pValue = 0,008782), allowing us to conclude that the group of countries with the highest productivity also offered the best wage conditions for their workers.

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