The original post: Why do the younger workers have low salaries? by Chenchen Wu

As an undergraduate student, I am looking for part-time job these days, and relatively low salary is truly a concern of me, and actually frustrate me somehow. Nevertheless, after reading Wu’s points of reasonable low salaries for younger workers, I think the low payment is not caused by external reasons only, on the other hand, this phenomenon is ordinary and usual because of the internal limitations.

To begin with, referring to booming globalization, foreign workers may affect the labour market a lot, but not the higher-educated level. Since international students and domestic students share fairly the education quality, besides, local has better communication basis and cultural backgrounds which directly lead to better employers’ favor. Whereas, it does not imply the employers are willing to pay higher cost. Due to young employees have barely work experience, and know theoretical knowledge better than empirical skills, they do not create enough value to gain better paid.

Besides, the higher education somehow limits the young a lot. Through the last several decades, people start working at increasingly older age. More people like to pursue academic success than practical jobs. Less young do part-time job, and take the heavy burden of study to universities. It is a good thing for individuals personal evaluation, and social future development, while not really beneficial for employers. It does not make sense to pay these ignorant people who only memorize the terminologies in textbook.

So, conclusively, government restricts the immigration has noting to do with improving young’s salaries, nonetheless, it should encourage teenagers to participate more in extracurricular activities including part-time job and volunteering works.