Inequality and Economic Growth - European Versus U.S. Experiences

Reto Foellmi
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Josef Zweimüller ()

No 158, IEW - Working Papers from Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: This paper discusses long-term trends in the macroeconomic growth performance and in income distribution in Europe and the U.S. We review insights from the recent macroeconomic literature on inequality and growth and use these insights to shed light on the growth and inequality trends.

Keywords: productivity; growth; inequality; comparison U.S. vs. Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 O4 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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