<p>I'm pretty sure he means "1 minus the labour share percentage", i.e. he's estimating the capital share of GDP as the proportion of GDP not going to labour.  It's not typeset well, but he has used an em-dash (longer) after "GDP" and a minus sign (shorter) after "1".</p>

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<p><a href="http://evonomics.com/capitals-share-of-income-is-way-higher-than-you-think/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">In this article</a>, the writer talks about the «capital share, as a percent of GDP — here just 1 – labor share percentage» </p>

<p>What's this 1-labour share percentage?</p>

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What's a « 1-Ratio» ? From a text on Capital's share of GDP
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# What's a « 1-Ratio» ? From a text on Capital's share of GDP

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-21)

[In this article](http://evonomics.com/capitals-share-of-income-is-way-higher-than-you-think/), the writer talks about the «capital share, as a percent of GDP — here just 1 – labor share percentage»

What's this 1-labour share percentage?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-21. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I'm pretty sure he means "1 minus the labour share percentage", i.e. he's estimating the capital share of GDP as the proportion of GDP not going to labour. It's not typeset well, but he has used an em-dash (longer) after "GDP" and a minus sign (shorter) after "1".


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