Mercantilist dualization: the introduction of the euro, redistribution of industry rents, and wage inequality in Germany, 1993–2008
Mercantilist dualization: the introduction of the euro, redistribution of industry rents, and wage inequality in Germany, 1993–2008
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重商主义二元化:欧元的引入、工业租金的重新分配以及德国的工资不平等,1993 年至 2008 年
DOI:
10.1093/ser/mwx026
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Fabian
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文献类型:
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作者:
Ochsenfeld;Fabian
The current debate over distributional implications of the crisis-ridden Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is heavily biased towardinter-national accounts. Little attention is paid to who wins and who loses outintra-nationally. I argue that in Germany the EMU has reinforced dualization, the insider–outsider cleavage in the country’s welfare state and production model. To scrutinize this argument, I analyze longitudinal linked employer–employee data (N> 9.6 mio) and pursue a mechanistic three-step identification strategy: first, I illustrate how the introduction of the euro distorted real interest and exchange rates within the eurozone. Second, I demonstrate how these imbalances redistributed rents from the domestic sector, in particular from construction, to the core manufacturing industry. Third, I show how this shift in industry rents reverberated to the wage distribution and increased inequality. The study contributes to resolve the puzzle why wage inequality in Germany increased through a fanning out of the wage distribution whereas countries similarly exposed to technological change and globalization grew unequal through a polarization of their wage distribution.
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DOI:
10.1017/cbo9780511842535
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
Monetary Economics: Central Banks - Policies & Impacts eJournal
影响因子:
--
作者:
S. O. Riain
通讯作者:
S. O. Riain
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
H. Sinn
通讯作者:
H. Sinn
影响因子:
6.3
作者:
P. Abell
通讯作者:
P. Abell
影响因子:
4.3
作者:
Frieden, Jeffry A.
通讯作者:
Frieden, Jeffry A.
影响因子:
10.5
作者:
Elwert F;Winship C
通讯作者:
Winship C