Structural change and income distribution: An inverted-U relationship

Fabrizio Patriarca () and Francesco Vona

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, vol. 37, issue 8, 1641-1658

Abstract: This paper constructs a disequilibrium model in order to analyse the structural transition characterized by the emergence of a new sector. We show that, in an economy where preferences and technology adapt over time, multiple long-term outcomes are mainly brought about by different distributive rules governing the assignment of innovative rents between workers and entrepreneurs. We robustly establish that a successful transition to a two-sector economy is ensured by a balanced distribution restoring the co-ordination of investment and consumption plans. Instead, when innovative rents are too concentrated in favor of either workers or entrepreneurs, the system does not fully accomplish the transition and unemployment might emerge, in contrast, with the standard view of a negative relationship between real wages and employment.

Keywords: Structural change; Income distribution; Unemployment; Innovation; Habit formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E12 E24 O41 O43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Structural Change and the Income Distribution: a Post-Keynesian disequilibrium model (2009)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2013.02.002

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