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Socioeconomic inequalities : effects of self-enhancement, depletion and redistribution
- 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.
Author: | Alfred Gierer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:b4-opus4-25070 |
ISSN: | 0021-4027 |
Parent Title (German): | Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik ; 196(4).1981 |
Title Additional (German): | Sozioökonomische Ungleichheiten : Einfluß von Selbstverstärkung, Verknappung und Umverteilung |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2016/04/20 |
Publishing Institution: | Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
Release Date: | 2016/04/22 |
Tag: | Fokker-Planck; autocatalysis; development; human capital; income distribution |
First Page: | 309 |
Last Page: | 331 |
Source: | Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik ; 196(4).1981, S. 309-331 |
Institutes: | BBAW / Veröffentlichungen von Akademiemitgliedern |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Keine kommerzielle Nutzung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE) |