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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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Wage Growth, Productivity Growth, and the Evolution of Employment

Hellwig, Martin F; Irmen, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper studies the impact of wage growth on the evolution of employment in an intertemporal general-equilibrium model with endogenous productivity growth. For real wage growth above laissez-faire levels, we obtain steady-state equilibria in which productivity grows at the same rate as wages,...

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Deunionization, Technical Change and Inequality

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Violante, Giovanni L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We argue that inequality and rapid deunionization are related, and that skill-biased technical change has been an … important factor in deunionization as well as in the rise in inequality. Skill-biased technical change causes deunionization …, it amplifies the direct effect of skill-biased technical change by removing the wage compression imposed by unions. We …

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Trade Union Objectives and Economic Growth

Irmen, Andreas; Wigger, Berthold - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

A trade union whose purpose is to raise wages above the competitive level may foster economic growth if it succeeds in shifting income away from the owners of capital to the workers and if the workers' marginal propensity to save exceeds that of capitalists. We make this point in an overlapping...

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Distribution & Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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Estimation and decomposition of productivity change when production is not efficient: a paneldata approach

Kumbhakar, Subal; Denny, M.; Fuss, M. - In: Econometric Reviews 19 (2000) 4, pp. 312-320

into technical change and scale effects.Furthermore, if inefficiency exists, it also contributes to productivity change …. Here we decompose productivity change into efficiency change, technical change, and scale effects. Three alternative …This paper addresses estimation and decomposition of productivity change, which is mostly identified as technical …

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The Economic Impacts of Newly Irrigated Areas in the Ebro Valley

Sanchez-Choliz, Julio; Duarte, Rosa - In: Economic Systems Research 12 (2000) 1, pp. 83-98

-output model and we incorporate technical change through the reduction of the coefficients. In the second, the output of all … technical change. …

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Taking Calls to Newcastle: The Regional Implications of the Growth in Call Centres

Richardson, Ranald; Belt, Vicki; Marshall, Neill - In: Regional Studies 34 (2000) 4, pp. 357-369

RICHARDSON R., BELT V. and MARSHALL N. (2000) Taking calls to Newcastle: the regional implications of the growth in call centres, Reg. Studies 34, 357-369. The growth of white-collar jobs in call centres has been a significant feature of the last decade. Local and regional economic development...

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Technical Change and the Evolution of Class Conscious Norms

Matthews, Peter Hans - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 32 (2000) 3, pp. 470-481

Using a variant of the Michl-Baldani (2000) model of technical change as a strategic choice, this paper describes …

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Total Factor Productivity Growth and Technical Change in a Profit Function Framework

Karagiannis, Giannis; Mergos, George - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 14 (2000) 1, pp. 31-51

TFP changes via a profit function based on two alternative definitions of the rate of technical change, i.e., input- and …

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