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Die politische Ökonomie wachsender Ungleichverteilung der Einkommen

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In dealing with growing income inequality, economists and social scientists have ignored the interdependencies between economic performance, voter turnout and people’s psychological damages and social deprivations. This article emphasises the role of demography for the bargaining power of trade unions and employer associations. It demonstrates the concomitance of full employment and shrinking income inequality and, correspondingly high unemployment and growing income inequality. Due to the decrease in the size of the labour force in Germany since 2005, the gap between higher and lower incomes will soon become smaller, and many economic and social problems can be solved. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Hermann Adam, 2014. "Die politische Ökonomie wachsender Ungleichverteilung der Einkommen," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 94(2), pages 104-111, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:94:y:2014:i:2:p:104-111
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-014-1633-6
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    1. Kai Daniel Schmid & Andreas Peichl & Moritz Drechsel-Grau, 2015. "Factor shares, personal income distribution and top incomes in Germany," IMK Report 108e-2015, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    2. Quaas, Georg, 2014. "Profit als Rente. Anmerkungen zu einer pro-kapitalistischen Entwicklungstheorie [Profit as rent: Some remarks about a pro-capitalist theory of development]," MPRA Paper 55912, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2014.
    3. Miriam Rehm & Kai Daniel Schmid & Dieter Wang, 2014. "Why Has Inequality in Germany Not Risen Further after 2005?," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 690, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
    4. Michele Battisti & Gabriel Felbermayr & Sybille Lehwald, 2016. "Inequality in Germany: Myths, Facts, and Policy Implications," ifo Working Paper Series 217, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    5. Kai Daniel Schmid & Andreas Peichl & Moritz Drechsel-Grau, 2015. "Querverteilung und Spitzeneinkommen in Deutschland," IMK Report 108-2015, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    6. Gustav A. Horn & Sebastian Gechert & Miriam Rehm & Kai D. Schmid, 2014. "Wirtschaftskrise unterbricht Anstieg der Ungleichheit," IMK Report 97-2014, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.

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    Keywords

    E24; E25; J2;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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