Equality and efficiency
The illusory tradeoff
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 6259136 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Lane Kenworthy (0000-0003-4890-7501, Rochester Institute of Technology, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1995 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 225-254 |
| Data de publicação | 1995-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1995.tb00637.x |
| OpenAlex | W1968572776 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 10 |
| Referências citadas | 66 |
Scholars and policy makers have traditionally assumed that nations face a tradeoff between income equality and economic efficiency. Greater equality is believed to reduce investment and dampen work incentives. A heterodox view suggests that a more egalitarian distribution of income may have beneficial efficiency effects by augmenting consumer demand and/or encouraging workers to cooperate in upgrading competitiveness. This paper offers an empirical assessment of the relationship between equality and efficiency, based on cross‐sectional data from 17 advanced industrialized economies over the period 1974–90. The comparative evidence indicates no adverse impact of greater equality on investment or work effort, nor on growth of productivity or output, trade balances, inflation, or unemployment. On the contrary, higher levels of equality are associated with stronger productivity growth and trade performance, and possibly with higher investment and lower inflation
Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Incentive · Income distribution · Inequality · Inflation (cosmology · Investment (military · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Microeconomics · Productivity · Unemployment · Work (physics · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
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Justice Matters
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Communist Neo-Traditionalism
Distributive justice
The limits of liberty
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Economics of Worldwide Stagflation
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Francis Castles' `Democratic Politics
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Unions, Wages, and the Common Interest
Political and Economic Explanations for Unemployment
The Fair Wage-Effort Hypothesis and Unemployment
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Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy
Political Parties, World Demand, and Unemployment
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Distributive Justice, Equity, and Equality
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| Obras citantes distintas | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,33 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 10 |