TY - JOUR A1 - Gierer, Alfred T1 - Socioeconomic inequalities : effects of self-enhancement, depletion and redistribution T2 - Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik ; 196(4).1981 N2 - Socioeconomic inequalities are functions not only of intrinsic differences between persons or groups, but also of the dynamics of their interactions. Inequalities can arise and become stabilized if there are advantages (such as generalized wealth including “human capital”) which are self-enhancing, whereas depletion of limiting resources is widely distributed. A recent theory of biological pattern formation has been generalized, adapted and applied to deal with this process. Applications include models for the non-Gaussian distribution of personal income and wealth, for overall economic growth in relation to inequalities and for effects of uncoupling strategies between developing and developed countries. Note added after publication: The equations (14) for the model of the income distribution, with its characteristic non-Gaussian extension towards higher incomes (fig.4), are closely related to the Fokker-Planck equation that is widely applied in many fields of physics. KW - income distribution KW - Fokker-Planck KW - autocatalysis KW - human capital KW - development Y1 - 2016 UR - https://edoc.bbaw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2507 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b4-opus4-25070 SN - 0021-4027 SP - 309 EP - 331 ER -