What Explains the Decline of the U.S. Labor Share of Income? : An Analysis of State and Industry Level Data /

The U.S. labor share of income has been on a secular downward trajectory since the beginning of the new millennium. Using data that are disaggregated across both state and industry, we show the decline in the labor share is broad-based but the extent of the fall varies greatly. Exploiting a new data...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdih, Yasser
Other Authors: Danninger, Stephan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/167
Online Access:Full text available on IMF