How did this likely affect labours share in national income

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a) Assume that the consumer price index  (CPI) for the period 2004 -2008 has the following values:

     2004                104.7

     2005                107.0

     2006                109.1

     2007                111.5

     2008                114.1

Suppose that the hourly wage rate for a group of workers that sign an employment contract for a three-year period starting in 2005 is indexed to the CPI according to the following COLA formula:

?w/w = 0.03 + 0.5 ?CPI/CPI.

Calculate the actual increase in the nominal wage during each year of the contract period. If the nominal wage in 2005 was $ 18.00, what was it in 2006, 2007 and 2008? (10) How did the real wage change in those years?

b) Does an increase in the average annual labour income imply that the individual worker's labour income has increased? Explain.

c) During 2008-2009, the Canadian economy went through a recession. How did this likely affect the labour's share in national income? Explain.

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