Labor Share Decline and Intellectual Property Products Capital

S-Tier
Journal: Econometrica
Year: 2020
Volume: 88
Issue: 6
Pages: 2609-2628

Authors (3)

Dongya Koh (not in RePEc) Raül Santaeulàlia‐Llopis (not in RePEc) Yu Zheng (Queen Mary University of Londo...)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study the behavior of the U.S. labor share over the past 90 years. We find that the observed decline of the labor share is entirely explained by the capitalization of intellectual property products in the national income and product accounts.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:emetrp:v:88:y:2020:i:6:p:2609-2628
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29