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# Appendix Tables: Reconciling the Gap Between Real Median Wages and Labour Productivity, United States, 1973-2011

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# Appendix Tables: Reconciling the Gap Between Real Median Wages and Labour Productivity, United States, 1973-2011

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Mishel, Lawrence, and Kar-Fai Gee. 2012. “Appendix Tables: Reconciling the Gap Between Real Median Wages and Labour Productivity, United States, 1973-2011.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 23 (Spring 2012): 44–51. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-23/appendix-tables-reconciling-the-gap-between-real-median-wages-and-labour-productivity-united-states-1973-2011/

## Authors:

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Lawrence Mishel
Economic Policy Institute

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Kar-Fai Gee
Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

## IPM Issue 23

Spring 2012 pp. 44–51

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Statistical appendix to IPM-23-3 providing detailed annual data series for the decomposition of the gap between U.S. real median hourly wages and labour productivity, 1973-2011, including real median wages, average compensation, labour share of GDP, labour’s terms of trade, and GDP per hour worked.

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