Concentration,unionization and the distribution of income in Canadian manufacturing industry

An attempt is made to assess how the unionization of labor and the presence of buyers possessing monopsony power affects the distribution of income among the factors of production in Canadian manufacturing. It is found that these variables have a composite effect. They transfer income from factors of production in one industry to the factors in another. They also affect the distribution of income between labor and capital within industries.     

Some Early Multiplier Models of the Relationship between Income Distribution and Production Structure

Early efforts to endogenize consumption and hence to model the inter-relationships between production structures and income distribution via multiplier models are reviewed in this paper. It is suggested that, unlike the multipliers in Pyatt et al. (1973), the so-called Miyazawa multipliers cannot be sustained in the context of a model of the distribution of income among institutions (households, companies, etc) i.e. the institutional distribution of income. They can, however, be sustained within a model of the distribution of income among factors, i.e. the factorial distribution of income. Both distributions are modelled by Pyatt & Round (1979) which therefore provides a more general framework for analysing the relationship between the distribution of income and the structure of production.     

Will export taxes replace VERs?

Some economists use an export tax, which alters the domestic relative price of exports, to model a voluntary export restraint, which is a restriction on the quantity of exports with restriction-induced rents accruing to the exporting country. Implicit in this approach is the presumption that the two policies are equivalent. In a very general model that allows for a finite number of goods and factors and intermediated goods and joint production, we demonstrate that, in general, this is, in fact, not the case. Specifically, from the exporting country’s perspective, the real income effects of the two policies are nonequivalent.     

邹议江西农民增收路径

本文针对对江西省粮食生产的特点,阐述了江西农民收入增长深层次因素,并提出了相应的对策建议,以期提高粮食主产区粮食产量和农民收入。     

基于修正Nash谈判模型的科技创新合作收益分配研究

科技创新合作收益的分配对合作的可持续发展至关重要,目前还缺乏行之有效的模型和方案。文章利用NASH博弈的思想对两人收益分配问题展开讨论,进而扩展到多人收益分配问题,得出多人收益分配博弈的一个Nash均衡解。为反映各主体在科技创新收益分配中的权重,对收益分配的Nash谈判模型进行调整,从而得出修正的纳什均衡解。由此展开科技创新合作收益分配的方案探讨,为科技创新合作的可持续发展奠定理论基础。     

Entrepreneurship,income distribution and economic growth

Traditionally different factors and variables have been considered in the economic growth models. Following Solow’s model, economists considered physical capital and technology during 1950s–1980s. With the introduction of endogenous growth models, new forms of capital were introduced in the production function; human capital, public capital and more recently social capital. However, the consideration of qualitative variables is necessary to improve the economic growth analysis. The improvement of statistical information has favored their introduction in the economic growth models. Recently, “entrepreneurship” concept has been considered in this type of analysis. Entrepreneurship considers the capacity and ability to create new business and production activity. It is an activity not an occupation. Some authors like Schumpeter have included it in their models and they have analysed its effects on economic growth. But it is also necessary to include the role of social climate, that in a schumpterian way it could be represented by income distribution. The main objective of the paper is to analyze the relationship between entrepreneurship, income distribution and economic growth following the ideas developed by Schumpeter and we will contrast them from a empirical analysis using the GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) data.     

The dynamic characteristics of prok-hog,beef-cattle,and corn subsectors and the competition between pork-hog and beef-cattle industries in the United States

In this study, a simultaneous equation model is specified and estimated to analyze the competitive relationships between pork and beef in the retail market for consumers’ dollars and between the beef-cattle and pork-hog industries in input markets for production factors by means of estimated expenditure elasticities. In addition, the short-run and long-run effects of external shocks on the livestock industries and corn subsector are evaluated. From the results of analyses, it is found that beef has greater capability than pork to compete for consumers’ dollars while the pork-hog industry has greater ability than the beef-cattle subsector to compete for production inputs in both the short and long run as per-capita disposable income is raised. In general, the estimated multipliers indicate a fairly long process required for the livestock industries and corn subsector to complete a full adjustment to exogenous shocks.     

企业内部技术创新激励：按贡献参与收益分配

各种生产要素按贡献参与分配,是企业收入分配的一场革命。技术与管理要素按贡献参与创新收益分配,也是企业内部进行技术创新激励的有效手段。本文在对各生产要素按贡献参与收益分配进行一般性分析的基础上,从企业内部技术创新激励的需要出发,对国内目前技术要素按贡献参与收益分配的主要方式做了比较分析,探讨了企业家在技术创新中的贡献及其参与收益分配的方式,提出了企业实行按贡献参与创新收益分配应注意解决的问题。     

Concentration,unionization and the distribution of income in Canadian Manufacturing Industry: Comment

This note comments on a recent article in this journal by Hollander. The principal points made are two. First, if Hollander's regressions are interpreted as representing the determinants of non-wage share of value-added, no evidence is provided by these regressions that monopsony power transfers income from factors in one industry to factors in another. Second, the interpretation of the regressions as representing the determinants of non-wage share of value-added is itself challenged. In so doing the role of capital intensity variables in these types of studies is clarified.     

Labor supply,income, and welfare of the farm household

Considering family labor and hired labor as heterogeneous inputs, we present a theoretical framework in which the optimal decisions of a farm household on on-farm family and hired labor, off-farm labor supply, and leisure are determined uniquely and endogenously. Focusing on two alternative settings with and without off-farm employment constraints, we show that imperfect substitutability between family labor and hired labor is not critical to the separation of household production and consumption. The validity of the separation proposition is shown to depend crucially on whether or not the availability of off-farm job opportunities is limited. We further examine how changes in external economic conditions and government policies affect the time allocation decisions of the household, as well as the composition of household income (i.e., on-farm income and off-farm labor earnings).     

Labour Values,Prices of Production and the Effects of Income Distribution: Evidence from the Greek Economy

This paper explores the relationship between labour values, prices of production and changes in income distribution in an actual economy. For this purpose we use a linear model of production with circulating capital and homogeneous labour, assuming that wages are paid ex ante. On the basis of this model and data from input–output tables of the Greek economy for the period 1988–1997 we estimate the labour values and prices of production, which are normalized with the use of the Sraffian standard commodity and the actual output vector. Furthermore, we extend Steedman's polynomial approximation of prices of production to include the case where wages are paid ex ante and the accuracy of this approximation is tested with actual input–output data. Finally, we find that prices of production change as a result of hypothetical changes in income distribution more often than not in a monotonic way and in a few cases display curvatures that reverse the order between prices of production and values.     

Land Rent,Ethics, and Capitalism's Gestation Crisis:

Abstract As population increases land rises in value and this causes greater and greater payments to land owners without any contribution to production by them. This wrongly deprives producers of increasing amounts of income that they produced and are entitled to. As the process proceeds, it threatens the viability of capitalism itself as it lowers profits for the prime movers in the economic system. Home ownership in the US is becoming increasingly difficult for young people as the price of land keeps rising. Economic progress has been very fast in countries that tax land and seek its equitable distribution and is lagging in those that do not. The high unemployment rates in Europe are related to this unfair distribution of income.     

Income comparison,collectivism and life satisfaction in Turkey

The current research examines the impact of income comparisons on life satisfaction in Turkey which has a feature of “collectivism” or “low individualism”. This is done by analyzing the results of the “Life Satisfaction Survey” applied by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) for 2011. Using ordered logit estimations, this paper reveals that most of the income comparison, interaction variables and socio-economic variables have a significant explanatory power on life satisfaction levels in Turkey. The main emphasis of the paper is that reference group’s self-reported life satisfaction is related to income comparisons, along with other socioeconomic factors. The impact of comparisons is asymmetric, in that in most cases, under-performing one’s benchmark had a greater effect than out-performing it.     

Business incomes in rural Nicaragua: the role of household resources,location, experience and trust

This paper analyses the determinants of business income for rural households in Nicaragua. A sample of 1030 households was studied in order to assess the importance of material and behavioural factors that influence income from business activity. The households are involved in manufacturing, trade, services or have a mixture of businesses. They generally have a low income and asset value. Households supplement their income from wages and agricultural activities. To estimate non-farm business income per employed person we analyse the impact of resources, location, entrepreneurial experience and trust. Our results show that household resources and entrepreneurial experience are significant determinants for business income in all sectors. Trust is also important, particularly generalized trust. The contribution of other forms of trust, such as institutional trust, depends on the sector in which households participate.     

Tinbergen's Hierarchy Hypothesis Revisited

In this study, Tinbergen's hierarchy hypothesis is extended to include Dokmeci's optimization of the hierarchical production model. The optimal location of hierarchically coordinated plants is determined on a non-homogenous plane by taking into consideration price-elastic demand, production cost and transportation cost. The objective is to determine the maximum-profit location while satisfying the income constraint of the region. A stepwise heuristic approach is used for the solution. In the region, the markets are divided into optimum subsets according to a chosen number of plants in each level. Market demand is calculated with respect to a selected uniform price. The optimum location of plants is calculated iteratively by the use of Dökmeci's model in each level of the hierarchy. Then, the same procedure is repeated for different numbers of plants in each level of the hierarchy by taking into consideration the interdependence among the levels. The alternative which produces the maximum profits within the limits of regional income is determined as the best system.     

Mineral-led Economic Growth, Drought Relief, and Incomes Policy

Abstract . Some analysts have hypothesized that rapid mineral led economic growth and drought in the rural economy have led to a severe worsening of the plight of the rural population in Botswana, with rural household income collapsing and income inequality worsening pronouncedly. Contrary to these hypotheses, Botswana's income data show that income distribution remained stable, since rural household incomes did not experience significant decline as a result of drought conditions. The government's incomes policy, the direct and indirect benefits of rapid employment growth, and the government's comprehensive drought relief support are seen as explanatory factors in this macroeconomic policy success.     

Corruption, economic growth, and income inequality in Africa

This paper uses panel data from African countries and a dynamic panel estimator to investigate the effects of corruption on economic growth and income distribution. I find that corruption decreases economic growth directly and indirectly through decreased investment in physical capital. A unit increase in corruption reduces the growth rates of GDP and per capita income by between 0.75 and 0.9 percentage points and between 0.39 and 0.41 percentage points per year respectively. The results also indicate that increased corruption is positively correlated with income inequality. The combined effects of decreased income growth and increased inequality suggests that corruption hurts the poor more than the rich in African countries. Received: March 19, 2001 / Accepted: December 14, 2001 RID="*" ID="*" An earlier version of this paper was presented at the first AmFiTan International Conference on Development Ethics in February 2000, Dar er Salaam, Tanzania. I thank two anonymous referees of this Journal for helpful suggestions. I am, however, solely responsible for any remaining errors.     

The determinants of commercial banking profitability in low-, middle-, and high-income countries

Using a broad bank-level dataset and the GMM estimator technique described by Arellano and Bover (1995), this paper analyses how bank-specific characteristics, macroeconomic variables, and industry-specific factors affect the profitability of 10,165 commercial banks across 118 countries over the period from 1998 to 2012. Grouping the countries according to three income levels, we show that the determinants of bank profitability included in our model can explain existing profitability differences among commercial banks in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. The profitability determinants vary quite widely across the different levels of income in terms of significance, sign and size of the effect. The level of income has thus an important impact on the determinants of bank profitability.     

Linkages between income inequality,international remittances and economic growth in Pakistan

This paper explores the dynamic linkages between income inequality, international remittances and economic growth using time series data over the period of 1976–2006 in case of Pakistan. The cointegration analysis based on the bounds test confirms the existence of a long-run relationship between income inequality, international remittances and economic growth. Our results reveal that income inequality and international remittances enhance economic growth. The causality analysis based on innovative accounting approach shows bidirectional causal relationship between income inequality and economic growth and same is true for international remittances and income inequality. International remittances are cause of economic growth but not vice versa. Although we find support for Kuznets hypothesis but Pakistan is yet to benefit, in terms of reducing the gaps of income inequality, from the international flow of remittances and economic growth. The paper argues that, from a policy perspective, there is an urgent need for policy makers in Pakistan to reduce the widening gap of income inequality by focusing on income redistribution policies and to go beyond the traditional factors in balancing income inequality.     

Bad news in the Great Depression,the Great Recession,and other U.S. recessions: A comparative study

In economic recessions consumption usually drops in tandem with other aggregate quantities as output or employment. Following the permanent income hypothesis, these drops can be rationalized by the idea that consumers have pessimistic views about their long-run income. Using a standard signal-extraction model, we show that this pessimism can be due either to a persistent fall of aggregate productivity before and during the recession (signaling a future decline of income), or to other negative information unrelated to contemporaneous fundamentals, which we label “bad news”. We classify U.S. recessions (from 1919 to 2015) according to a (bad) news index reflecting this negative information. We find that both the Great Depression and the Great Recession score highest in this index. The index is such that we can rule out that this is due merely to the length or the depth of these recessions. Instead, these two recessions are similar in that both were aggravated by a wave of pessimism about future income which cannot be related to contemporaneous fundamentals.