Worker income share increases relative to capital owners during specific macroeconomic conditions

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Macroeconomic studies confirm that the labor share of income fluctuates systematically and varies relative to capital owners depending on business cycle phases and productivity shocks.

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The retrieved papers include economic studies examining how functional income distribution between labor and capital shifts across business cycles and in response to macroeconomic shocks, thereby supporting the claim.

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FIRM DYNAMICS, ENDOGENOUS MARKUPS, AND THE LABOR SHARE OF INCOME

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Andrea Colciago, Lorenza Rossi. FIRM DYNAMICS, ENDOGENOUS MARKUPS, AND THE LABOR SHARE OF INCOME. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1365100513000849

Paper [0] shows that the labor share of income responds countercyclically to macroeconomic productivity shocks.

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Inequality over the Business Cycle – The Role of Distributive Shocks

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M. Clemens, Ulrich Eydam, Maik Heinemann. Inequality over the Business Cycle – The Role of Distributive Shocks. 2020. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3556388

Paper [2] demonstrates that the functional income distribution and capital/income shares fluctuate systematically over the business cycle.

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