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    The impact of superstar firms on the labor share: Evidence from Belgium

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    Author
    Abraham, Filip
    Bormans, Yannick
    Publication Year
    2020
    Journal
    De Economist - Netherlands Economic Review
    Publication Volume
    168
    Publication Begin page
    369
    Publication End page
    402
    
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    The Belgian labor share, measured as the part of GDP going to labor, is declining. This fits into the global secular trend of decreasing labor shares. A novel strand in the literature focusses on its granular drivers. Recent research in the United States suggests that superstar firms, defined as large firms with a dominant market share, are increasing their market share and relate this to the fall of the labor share (Autor et al. in Q J Econ 135(2):645-709, 2020). Using a long time series of Belgian firm-level data from 1985 to 2014, we provide evidence for the link between the rise of market concentration and the decrease of the labor share in its two largest sectors: Manufacturing and Wholesale & Retail. These two sectors represent approximately half of the Belgian economy. We do not find evidence in other Belgian sectors.
    Keyword
    Labor Share, Superstar Firms, Market Concentration, Firm-level Data, Pakes Productivity Decomposition
    Knowledge Domain/Industry
    Entrepreneurship
    DOI
    10.1007/s10645-020-09365-y
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/6515
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1007/s10645-020-09365-y
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