Productivity and Wage Share
In an economic model where firms determine prices by applying a fixed percentage markup over their labor costs, a technological innovation suddenly doubles the average output produced by each worker. What is the immediate effect on the wage share (the proportion of each worker's output paid as wages)? Explain your reasoning.
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