THE MICRO-LEVEL ANATOMY OF THE LABOR SHARE DECLINE

被引:92
作者
Kehrig, Matthias [1 ]
Vincent, Nicolas
机构
[1] Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27706 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
PRODUCTIVITY; EFFICIENCY; DYNAMICS; FIRMS;
D O I
10.1093/qje/qjab002
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The labor share in U.S. manufacturing declined from 61% in 1967 to 41% in 2012. The labor share of the typical U.S. manufacturing establishment, in contrast, rose by over 3 percentage points during the same period. Using micro-level data, we document five salient facts: (i) since the 1980s, there has been a dramatic reallocation of value added toward the lower end of the labor share distribution; (ii) this aggregate reallocation is not due to entry/exit, to "superstars" growing faster, or to large establishments lowering their labor shares, but is instead due to units whose labor share fell as they grew in size; (iii) low labor share (LL) establishments benefit from high revenue labor productivity, not low wages; (iv) they also enjoy a product price premium relative to their peers; and (v) they have only temporarily lower labor shares that rebound after five to eight years. This transient pattern has become more pronounced over time, and the dynamics of value added and employment are increasingly disconnected. Taken together, we interpret these facts as pointing to a significant role for demand-side forces.
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页码:1031 / 1087
页数:57
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