A Neo-Kaleckian model of skill-biased technological change and income distribution
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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This article proposes a macrodynamic model that takes into account the joint determination of intra-working-class income distribution and knowledge-intensive technological change. Our model highlights two opposing effects of technological change at play: (i) technological innovation promotes a positive structural change and hence boosts net exports and output growth; (ii) technological change, on the other hand, disproportionately affects unskilled workers, which worsens the intra-working-class income distribution and slows down economic growth. Therefore, our model demonstrates that the net impact of technological change on capital accumulation and output growth is ambiguous and hence is a parametric question. Lastly, we show that income transfer and public investments in higher education may be of paramount importance to alleviating the unwanted effects of a contractionary wave of technological change and so promoting a sustained economic recovery.
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Inovações tecnológicas, Renda - Distribuição
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Technological change, Income distribution, Education
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https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/roke/7-3/roke.2019.03.02.xml?tab_body=abstract