Overview
- Puts together an insightful book on labor income share for researchers and policymakers, alike
- Pays attention to the drivers of labor income share in Asia
- Combines country case studies on labor income share in Asia
Part of the book series: ADB Institute Series on Development Economics (ADBISDE)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptual Issues
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Front Matter
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The Drivers of Labor Income Share
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About this book
This is the first study that puts together a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the drivers of the labor income share across a number of countries in Asia. This book provides an insightful companion to the study of labor income shares that plays a vital role in understanding the relationship between national income and personal income, and the relationship between wage inequality and wealth inequality. The timing of the book is ideal, as the ongoing debate over a global decline in the labor income share is far from settled. To this extent, evidence from the Asian countries is mixed. The labor income share in some Asian countries has been rising since the 1990s. The purpose of this edited volume is to gain more insights on the potential drivers of the Asian experience. The first half of the book pays attention to the measurement problems related to the earnings of self-employed and workers in the informal sector. Then it puts together country case studies examining a wide range of factors driving the labor income share in Asia.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Labor Income Share in Asia
Book Subtitle: Conceptual Issues and the Drivers
Editors: Gary Fields, Saumik Paul
Series Title: ADB Institute Series on Development Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7803-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Asian Development Bank Institute 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7802-7Published: 24 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7805-8Published: 25 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7803-4Published: 09 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2363-9032
Series E-ISSN: 2363-9040
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 267
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Economics, Labor Economics