Guided by social role theory, science research has established an individual's earnings relative to their partner (i.e., income) as important indicator of various marital- and well-being-related outcomes. Yet, despite a deep interest in employee compensation systems, management scholars have rarely considered the implications income for workers. To address this oversight, we consider how confor...

<abstract><p>In his seminal work, Fontela (1989) set up the distributional rule of productivity gain in input–output context (total factor surplus, TFPS). Garau (1996) proposed an extension, to identify a measure called purchasing power transfer (PPT). This is given by gains and market surplus generated extra-profit conditions derived from rental positions detained agents. Such deco...