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Wealth inequality in the long run: A Schumpeterian growth perspective

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  • Jakob B. Madsen
  • Antonio Minniti
  • Francesco Venturini

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This paper extends Piketty’s analysis of the wealth-income ratio used as a proxy for wealth inequality, to allow for innovation. Drawing on a Schumpeterian (R&D-based) growth model that incorporates both tangible and intangible capital and using historical data for 21 OECD countries, we find the wealth-income ratio to be significantly and positively related to R&D intensity and the fixed capital investment ratio, but negatively related to income growth. Accounting for the innovation-induced counteracting growth-effect on the wealth-income ratio, we show that the net effect of R&D on wealth inequality is positive.

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  • Jakob B. Madsen & Antonio Minniti & Francesco Venturini, 2018. "Wealth inequality in the long run: A Schumpeterian growth perspective," CAMA Working Papers 2018-35, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:camaaa:2018-35
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    Keywords

    Wealth-income Ratio; Piketty's Second Law; Schumpeterian Growth.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
    • E10 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - General
    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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