Loukas karabarbounis and brent neiman nber working paper no. Conference held april 12, 2018 published in june 2019 by university of chicago press. The fall of the labor share and the rise of superstar firms. Loukas karabarbounis university of chicago and nber brent neiman university of chicago and nber june 20 abstract the stability of the labor share of income is a key foundation in macroeconomic models. According to a 20 study by loukas karabarbounis and brent neiman, 42 out of 59 countries experienced a fall in the share of gdp accruing to labour a trend that is also found in emerging economies like china. Measurement and implications loukas karabarbounis university of chicago and nber brent neiman university of chicago and nber october 2014 abstract the labor share is typically measured as compensation to labor relative to gross. The share of compensation to labour in gross value added has declined in recent decades for most countries and industries around the world.
Gopinath, gita, sebnem kalemliozcan, loukas karabarbounis, and carolina villegassanchez, capital allocation and productivity in south europe, working paper 21453, national bureau of economic research august 2016. Loukas karabarbounis, brent neiman 25 november 2014 recent work has also used the share of compensation to labour in net value added as a proxy for inequality. Loukas karabarbounis, ian king, brent neiman, ilan noy, jakob madsen. The global decline of the labor share, the quarterly journal of economics 129 1. Loukas karabarbounis is an associate professor of economics at the university of minnesota, a senior research economist at the federal reserve bank of minneapolis, a faculty research fellow at the national bureau of economic research, and an associate editor at the journal of monetary economics. Brent neiman and loukas karabarbounis of the university of chicago, for example, argue that labors share of gdp has been declining globally since the 1970s. Intangible capital and measured productivity ellen r. Karabarbounis, loukas, journal of monetary economics, 64 6884, may 2014. Economic growth with changtai hsieh, chad jones, and. Associate professor of economics, university of minnesota. Associate professor of economics university of minnesota.
Capital depreciation and labor shares around the world. They argue that while these issues have always been at the core of historical analysis, international economists have tended to regard the size of a country as exogenous, or no more subject to. Department of economics hanson hall, 4101 1925 4th street south. Researchers at the minneapolis fed are working on a multiyear impact study on the city of minneapolis ongoing minimum wage increase. This column discusses that gross and net labour shares have declined together for most countries since 1975 an outcome consistent with the worldwide decline in the relative price of. The library is onlinewere here and ready to help you. We document, however, that the global labor share has significantly declined since the early 1980s, with the. In a recent study loukas karabarbounis and brent neiman at the university of chicago found that across 51 countries they examined between 1975 and 2007, companies share of private saving rose in aggregate by 20 percentage points. The evolution of the labor share across developed countries. We document, however, that the global labor share has significantly declined since the early 1980s, with the decline occurring within the large majority of countries and industries. This column discusses that gross and net labour shares have declined together for most countries since 1975 an. Free economics books download ebooks online textbooks tutorials. Loukas karabarbounis federal reserve bank of minneapolis.
Quarterly journal of economics, volume 2, issue 4, 1 november 2017. The authors interpret the latter as the cause of the former. In this commentary, we examine some of the explanations economists have proposed for the decline in the labor share and discuss how well these. Loukas karabarbounis vox, cepr policy portal voxeu. Read the latest guidance undergraduates process for declaring an economics major see the flowchart news princeton macrofinance lab receives national science foundation award april 17, 2020 research new study from janet currie finds promise for female economists in mentoring programs april 16. Economics this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Free economics books download ebooks online textbooks. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book.
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Measurement and implications loukas karabarbounis university of chicago and nber. We measure the labor share using a novel data set we compile by. Loukas karabarbounis is a consultant at the federal reserve bank of minneapolis, an associate professor of economics at the university of minnesota, a faculty research fellow at the national bureau of economic research, and an associate editor at the journal of monetary economics. Research consultant, federal reserve bank of minneapolis. Hong university of rochester marios karabarbounis federal reserve bank of richmond. December 8, 20 abstract the standard theory of household portfolio choice is hard to reconcile with the followingfacts.
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