notes-econ-baumolsCostDisease

"In inflation, effect of productivity growth in one sector forcing salary increases in all sectors leading to the other more labor-intensive sectors having prices rise faster than the general rate of inflation (e.g. government, music, healthcare, education)." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adages_named_after_people

see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease