The gross domestic product (GDP) of a country is essentially the sum of all value-add in the country. It is the value, or wealth, generated in the country.
Part of the value-add goes to wages, the rest goes to capital and other components. When people discuss whether labour, or workers, is getting a fair share, they look at the wage share of GDP in a country.
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