One of the things we know that ain't so: Is US labor's share relatively stable?

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-102

  Young, Andrew T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced growth; Economic growth; Factor shares; Great ratio; Income distribution; Labor's share

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349121785     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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