Being paid in stocks and income inequality

a study argues that 60% of income inequality rise in recent years can be explained with  smart professionals being rewarded in stocks rather than cash, so productivity gains of fast growing companies would accrue to this new kind of “human capitalists” and taken away from the high-skilled labor share, which indeed has been decresing over time

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/07/human-capitalists.html

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