Like other workers in Dubai, Emirates' employees do not pay income tax, which means that gross salaries can be much lower than at European and American rivals.

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And in an interview, she confused gross and net salaries, damaging for a politician who prides herself on detail.

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The second is that Gross has used the wages and salaries share of national income, not the more correct total compensation, or total labour share, of that national income.

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Some firms have much higher associate to partner leverage than others, which lowers the gross profit margin if you count associate salaries.

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It was in the 1970s that free agency came to professional sports and player salaries skyrocketed, in due course becoming a pre-set share of gross revenues of the sport.

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