Status and income inequality in a knowledge economy

This paper models a market for status contained in a knowledge economy. Technological progress favours the knowledge sector and inequality of income rises with productivity. We show that the expected utility of all agents can fall while output and productivity grow; and such an outcome of “immiseriz...

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Development Economics
Economic Growth
Economic models
Economic theory
Economics
Economics and Finance
Expected utility
Global economy
Growth models
Income distribution
Income inequality
International
International Economics
Knowledge
Knowledge economy
Political Science
Productivity
Public Finance
Studies
Technological change
Time series
Tournaments & championships
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