Officers’ share of compensation captures the highest executive tier in corporations

Evidence

The second dependent variable of interest is officers’ share of compensation. Officers are the highest-level executives in corporations, including positions such as chief executive officer, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer. — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 75

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the operational scope of ‘officers’ in the executive-compensation dataset.
• XREF: connects to: Industrial concentration raises top officers’ share of compensation while employment size lowers it — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 145; Union density raises both low-level wages and top executive compensation — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 139; US income inequality is dominated by top managers capturing historically unprecedented pay — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1755 (+1 more)

Related

• Industrial concentration raises top officers’ share of compensation while employment size lowers it (similarity 0.88)
• Union decline raises officers’ relative compensation (similarity 0.86)
• Union density raises both low-level wages and top executive compensation (similarity 0.84)
• US income inequality is dominated by top managers capturing historically unprecedented pay (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Industrial concentration raises top officers’ share of compensation while employment size lowers it #corroborates (0.80) — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 145
• Union density raises both low-level wages and top executive compensation #qualifies (0.75) — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 139
• Union decline raises officers’ relative compensation #qualifies (0.75) — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 136
• US income inequality is dominated by top managers capturing historically unprecedented pay #corroborates (0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1755