Inequality, Economic Growth, and Technological Change :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
New Aspects in an Old Debate
First Statement of Responsibility
by Volker Grossmann.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint : Physica
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xi, 187 pages 11 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
Contributions to economics.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Where do we stand? A survey --; Status concerns, inequality, and growth --; Inequality, voting over public consumption, and growth --; Skilled labor reallocation, wage inequality, and growth --; Where do we go from here? Conclusions and open questions.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The book examines the relationship between inequality, growth and technological progress. It provides a broad overview of the existing literature and introduces specific, innovative aspects about the impact of inequality and redistribution on growth when growth is driven by human or physical capital investments, as well as the impact of technological progress and accumulation on the distribution of earnings. There is a special focus on the role of social comparison, redistributive taxation and new information technologies for the relationship between inequality and growth. The analytical part of the book mainly consists of endogenous growth models.