Labor shortage relative to what? As usually pointed out, there is no fixed amount of labor that the geographic region of 'Germany' has to perform. It's the peop

Labor shortage relative to what? As usually pointed out, there is no fixed amount of labor that the geographic region of 'Germany' has to perform. It's the people there that need labor performed, and adding more people will also increase the labor needed (as well as infrastructure, housing, food, education, etc..) So it's more accurate to talk of a demographic crisis, in the case that there are not enough young people to support the old. But given that Germany is one of the richest countries in the world, that's not the case. Because if it were, labor would be reallocated from high-profit fields to lower-profit but more necessary ones, like nursing and healthcare.