Functional Distribution and Disposable Income Since 1970

The gross distribution of national income between wage- and non-wage income is relatively stable in the long run, the net-wage share has declined, however, since the tax-share of wage-income has risen considerably. The short-term cyclical fluctuations have been dominated in the eighties by a strong expansion of property income and a decline in the wage development due to the employment slump. While the earning power of disposable personal income has risen more strongly in Austria than in other industrialized countries, net earnings of blue-collar workers showed a development in line with the international average.