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Bowley's law

Bowley's law proper noun: a stylized fact of economics which states that a country's wage share remains constant over time.

Proper noun

Bowley's law

  1. A stylized fact of economics which states that a country's wage share remains constant over time.

Origin of Bowley's law

After Arthur Bowley, a British economist who pioneered the collection of wage data in the UK.

Questions about Bowley's law

What does Bowley's law mean?
Bowley's law means a stylized fact of economics which states that a country's wage share remains constant over time.
What part of speech is Bowley's law?
Bowley's law is a proper noun.

Words near Bowley's law in the dictionary

  1. bowlered
  2. bowlers
  3. bowles
  4. bowless
  5. Bowley
  6. Bowley's law
  7. Bowleys
  8. bowlful
  9. bowlfull
  10. bowlfulls
  11. bowlfuls

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