Title: Will wealth become more concentrated in Europe
Abstract: We develop and calibrate an analytical growth model in the neo-Kaleckian tradition with an endogenous wealth distribution and differential returns to wealth between workers and capitalists. We show that a long-run equilibrium allows for non-zero wealth owned by workers, even as the model contains the ?triumph of the rentier? predicted by Piketty?s r > g as a special case. The model?s calibration to ten European countries shows that the distribution of wealth is likely to become more unequal in all cases, barring political countermeasures.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: preprint
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