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Structural Change and the Income Distribution: a Post-Keynesian disequilibrium model

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  • Fabrizio Patriarca
  • Francesco Vona

    (Department of Economics, Department of Public Economics, Sapienza University of Rome)

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This paper extends the out-of-equilibrium literature to analyse a structural transition characterized by the emergence of a new sector that satisfies a want lower in the hierarchical scale. In particular, the dynamic interaction demand-supply can be a source of multiple long-run outcomes if both preferences and the technology evolve endogenously. It will be shown that a successful transition to a two-sector economy is ensured by a balanced distribution of innovative rents. Moreover, the full-employment region lies between two regions of classical and Keynesian unemployment, in contrast with the standard view of a negative relationship between real wages and employment. Finally, demand shortages, due to an unbalanced distribution, can bring about a long-run slump.

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  • Fabrizio Patriarca & Francesco Vona, 2009. "Structural Change and the Income Distribution: a Post-Keynesian disequilibrium model," Working Papers - Dipartimento di Economia 5, Dipartimento di Economia, Sapienza University of Rome, revised 2009.
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    Keywords

    Structural Change; Income Distribution; Unemployment; Innovation; Habit formation;
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    JEL classification:

    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth

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