Inequality, institutions and cooperation

Wage Inequality, Technology and Institutions

Inequality, Cooperation, and Environmental Sustainability

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Labour Market Institutions and Wage Inequality

In this paper we investigate the importance of labor market institutions such as unemployment insurance, unions, …ring regulation and minimum wages for the evolution of male wage inequality across countries. We derive a simple log-linear equation of the wage di¤erential as a function of the institutional parameters, total factor productivity, …nal good prices and relative skill supply. Our esti...

Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions, and Income Inequality

— A country’s mix of products predicts its subsequent pattern of diversification and economic growth. But does this product mix also predict income inequality? Here we combine methods from econometrics, network science, and economic complexity to show that countries exporting complex products—as measured by the Economic Complexity Index—have lower levels of income inequality than countries expo...

Hobbes to Rousseau: Inequality, Institutions, and Development

Hobbes to Rousseau: Inequality, Institutions, and Development This paper studies the endogenous evolution of economic and political institutions and the interdependencies with the process of economic development. Favorable economic institutions in form of a social contract that ensures a state of law and the absence of societal conflict are not assumed exogenously under certain political system...