February 28, 2015

Real wages: toward an explanation

Comment on David Ruccio on ‘Falling real wages in the USA 2007—2014’

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For the explanation of real wage development, a theoretical underpinning is needed. Wikimedia AXEC44 is the correct formula to start with


The average real wage in the consumption good industry depends on productivity R, the expenditure ratio (ρE>1 means overall credit expansion), the relative size of the investment good industry Li/Lc, and the ratio of distributed profit Yd to wage income.

For the analytical details see (2014).

Egmont Kakarot-Handtke


References
Kakarot-Handtke, E. (2014). Economics for Economists. SSRN Working Paper Series, 2517242: 1–29. URL