In the last post, we explored some different common hypotheses behind the observed phenomenon of a growing gap between worker productivity and worker pay.
Today we’ll look at how tough it is to explain this gap based on how hard it is to measure different parts of the graph–and, luckily, find a few places that seem a little more pinned down.
What’s behind the growing gap between US worker productivity and their pay? In this first half of the analysis, we look at some of the common knee-jerk answers and some of their complications.