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Related: About this forumThe Decline in Labor’s Share of Corporate Income Since 2000 Means $535 Billion Less for Workers
http://www.epi.org/publication/the-decline-in-labors-share-of-corporate-income-since-2000-means-535-billion-less-for-workers/Between 2000 and the second quarter of 2015, the share of income generated by corporations that went to workers wages (instead of going to capital incomes like profits) declined from 82.3 percent to 75.5 percent, as the figure shows. This 6.8 percentage-point decline in labors share of corporate income might not seem like a lot, but if labors share had not fallen this much, employees in the corporate sector would have $535 billion more in their paychecks today. If this amount was spread over the entire labor force (not just corporate sector employees) this would translate into a $3,770 raise for each worker.
As Lawrence Mishel and I discuss in our recent paper, the largest wedge driving the growing gap between economy-wide productivity and typical workers pay is rising inequality. Part of this increase in inequality is the shift in national income from labor compensation to capital incomes. Since 2000, this decline in labors share of income has become a significant contributor to the inequality wedge. The figure shows labors share of corporate sector income. Because all income in the corporate sector is either classified as labor compensation or capital incomes (profits plus net interest), this makes it a sensible first place to look for this labor-to-capital shift.
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The Decline in Labor’s Share of Corporate Income Since 2000 Means $535 Billion Less for Workers (Original Post)
eridani
Sep 2015
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Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks - And Their Media And Political Party Minnions
cantbeserious
Sep 2015
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House of Roberts
(5,168 posts)1. Think about how much that has cost Social Security and Medicare.
Less money in the paycheck also means less for the 401k, since the maximum contribution is percentage-based.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)4. Right!
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)2. Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks - And Their Media And Political Party Minnions
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99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)3. There's a reason Bernie Sanders resonates with people
many reasons actually, but this is one of the more likely suspects.