Arbeitspapier
The decline of the labor share: New empirical evidence
We estimate a structural vector autoregressive model in order to quantify four main explanations for the decline of the US labor income share: (i) rising market power of firms, (ii) falling market power of workers, (iii) higher investmentspecific technology growth, and (iv) the widespread emergence of automation or robotization in production processes. Identification is achieved with theory robust sign restrictions imposed at medium-run horizons. The restrictions are derived from a stylized macroeconomic model of structural change. Across specifications we find that automation is the main driver of the long-run labor share. Firms' rising markups can, however, account for a significant part of the accelerating labor share decline observed in the last 20 years. Our results also point to complementarity between labor and capital, thus ruling out capital deepening as a major force behind declining labor shares. If anything, investment-specific technology growth has contributed to higher labor income shares in our sample.
- ISBN
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978-82-8379-115-0
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 18/2019
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Labor income share
secular trends
technological progress
market power
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bergholt, Drago
Furlanetto, Francesco
Faccioli, Nicolò Maffei
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Norges Bank
- (wo)
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Oslo
- (wann)
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2019
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
Datenpartner
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bergholt, Drago
- Furlanetto, Francesco
- Faccioli, Nicolò Maffei
- Norges Bank
Entstanden
- 2019
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