Has the labor share declined? And what is the impact of international trade? These questions are not only relevant in an international context they also matter for understanding the regional distribution of incomes in a given country. In this paper, we study two regions with trade exposures that...

We examine the sources and micro-level mechanisms of the changes in the labor share of value added. We link the micro-level dynamics of the labor share change with that of productivity and wage growth. Using a useful variant of the decomposition method we make a distinction between the change in...

This paper investigates determinants of changes of the labor share in developed countries with a focus on Western Europe. Using a country-industry panel that covers the private sector, the paper focuses on long and short-run changes within industries. The results show a large and time-persistent...

The recent debate on trends in inequality in industrial countries has been marred by the lack of consensus about the relevant concept of inequality. Labour economists are concerned with inequality in earnings, macroeconomists with movements in the wage share, while policy-makers tend to focus on...

Im ersten Teil der Studie wird die Entwicklung der funktionalen Einkommensverteilung in sechs ausgewählten Industrieländern seit Beginn der 1960er Jahre dargestellt. Als Maß wird dazu die Arbeitseinkommensquote verwendet, die das Verhältnis der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Arbeitseinkommen zum...

Verbraucher und Verbraucherinnen gehen in der Regel davon aus, dass sie beim Kauf von Groß- bzw. Familienpackungen einen Mengenrabatt bezogen auf den Grundpreis (Preis pro Mengeneinheit) erhalten. Diese Regel trifft auch bei der Mehrzahl der am Markt angebotenen Waren zu. Allerdings zeigten...

Numerous studies have shown that educational attainment and labour force status have a strong impact on the timing of family formation for both men and women. The effects of educational level, enrolment in an educational setting and employment seem to be different for men and women. The aim of...