Inequality, Redistribution, and Economic Growth

Josef Zweimueller
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No 31, IEW - Working Papers from Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: This paper provides a critical review of the recent literature on inequality and growth. After discussing historical and more recent distributional trends as well as empirical evidence on the relationship between inequality and growth, I focus on recent explanations of the inequality-growth puzzle. I consider both the impact of the functional and the personal distribution on long-run growth rates. A final section discusses a rather neglected issue in the recent literature: the impact of expected demand for innovation decisions.

Keywords: Income Distribution; Labor Share; Endogenous Growth; Demand Composition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 D9 E21 E22 E25 O15 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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