Inflation-Adjusted USA Wage Measure

A Inflation-Adjusted USA Wage Measure is an inflation-adjusted wage measure that is a USA wage measure.

• AKA: U.S. Real Salaries.
• Context:
  • It can be associated with a Inflation-Adjusted USA Wage Rate Measure.
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• Example(s):
  • 2000_Young American College Graduated Worker's Real Wages.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Germany Real Wages, ...
  • U.S. Present Wages.
  • U.S. Nominal Wages.
  • U.S. Inflation-Adjusted Investment Income.
  • U.S. Inflation-Unadjusted Wage.
• See: U.S. Purchasing Power, U.S. Past Wage, U.S. Cost of Living, U.S. Relative Prices.

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References

2017

• (Shambaugh & Nunn, 2017) ⇒ Jay Shambaugh, and Ryan Nunn. (2017). “Why Wages Aren’t Growing in America.” In: Harvard Business Review
  • QUOTE: The majority of Americans share in economic growth through the wages they receive for their labor, rather than through investment income. … Since the early 1970s, the hourly inflation-adjusted wages received by the typical worker have barely risen, growing only 0.2% per year. In other words, though the economy has been growing, the primary way most people benefit from that growth has almost completely stalled. …

2013

• (Shierholz et al., 2013) ⇒ Heidi Shierholz, Natalie Sabadish, and Nicholas Finio. (2013-04-10). “Class of 2013Young graduates still face dim job prospects.” In: Economic Policy Institute.
  • QUOTE: Between 2000 and 2012, the real (inflation-adjusted) wages of young high school graduates declined 12.7 percent, and the real wages of young college graduates declined 8.5 percent.

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