What helps against the shortage of skilled workers?

Michael Hüther (left) and Lasse Rheingans

The economist and the entrepreneur are arguing about what helps against the shortage of skilled workers.

(Photo: Dominik Butzmann)

Berlin Whether at the airport, on the construction site or in the restaurant: Germany lacks skilled workers. There are many suggestions to counteract this deficiency: the discussion about the 42-hour week has recently flared up again. One of the most prominent advocates is economist Michael Hüther, director of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW).

Entrepreneur and author Lasse Rheingans, on the other hand, doesn’t think much of an increase in working hours. He even radically reduced this to 25 hours in his consulting agency in 2017. His solution: compensate for the lack of skilled workers by working smarter instead of longer.

But what is the more suitable recipe against the loss of staff? Work more – or even less? The Handelsblatt asked entrepreneur Rheingans and IW boss Hüther in Berlin for a debate.

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