@article{Cipolla_2007, title={The limits of workers’ share in profits}, volume={27}, url={https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/583}, abstractNote={<p>The limits of workers’ share in profits. This article argues that workers´ share in profits are actually a share in extra surplus value obtained by means of more intensified labor. Cost reductions obtained by means of more intensified lean production methods cause wages to represent a smaller fraction of the product of a working day when measured at market value. The increased market rate of surplus value is the basis for workers´ shares in profits. However, as competition continuously levels out such advantages, the share in profits becomes dependent on a continuous strive to reducing costs and intensifying labor.</p> <p><strong>JEL Classification:</strong> J33.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Brazilian Journal of Political Economy}, author={Cipolla, Francisco Paulo}, year={2007}, month={Oct.}, pages={616-632} }