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Does Inequality Promote Employment? An International Comparison

Sonja Jovicic and Ronald Schettkat ()
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Sonja Jovicic: Schumpeter School, University of Wuppertal

No SDP13009, Schumpeter Discussion Papers from Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library

Abstract: This paper investigates whether the ‘big tradeoff’ between efficiency and inequality exists, and analyzes empirically the relationship between inequality, redistribution, and employment/unemployment. The analysis is based on a cross-country longitudinal data set (panel data) of 21 OECD countries in the period 1980 to 2010. We use inequality and redistribution measures (output indicators) rather than institutional variables (input indicators) as independent variables. We do not find a significant effect of income and wage distribution on labor market performance and cannot confirm the hypothesized ‘big tradeoff’.

Pages: 35
Date: 2013-12
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