Income Distribution, Aggregate Efficiency and the Social Contract

收入分配、总效率和社会契约

• 批准号: 9601319
• 负责人: Roland Benabou
• 金额: $ 19.44万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-01 至 2000-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9601319&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Income; Distribution; Aggregate; Efficiency; Social

Roland J. Benabou New York University SBR-9601319 This research seeks to explain the following set of facts with one economic model: 1) countries vary widely in their redistributive policies, 2) higher levels of income inequality are associated with lower subsequent growth rates, 3) there is no relationship between inequality and the share of transfers in GDP and 4) transfers appear to be positively associated with subsequent growth. The emphasis of the research will be primarily theoretical, as opposed to empirical. It will seek to explain the above set of facts without making overly restrictive assumptions about individuals' behavior. The principal investigator will also look at technology adoption as a response to heterogeneity in workers' skills, the hypothesis being that heterogeneity in workers' skills leads to heterogeneity in technologies and increased wage inequality.

Roland J. Benabou 纽约大学 SBR-9601319 这项研究旨在用一种经济模型解释以下一组事实：1) 各国的再分配政策差异很大，2) 收入不平等程度较高与随后的增长率较低有关，3) 不平等与转移在 GDP 中所占份额之间不存在关系，4) 转移似乎与随后的增长呈正相关。 研究的重点将主要是理论性的，而不是实证性的。 它将试图解释上述事实，而不对个人行为做出过度限制性的假设。 首席研究员还将把技术采用视为对工人技能异质性的回应，假设工人技能异质性导致技术异质性和工资不平等加剧。