Wages, Employment, Distribution and Growth

1. Introduction
Eckhard Hein, Arne Heise, Achim Truger

2. Labour-Market Flexibility and Economic Expansion
Amit Bhaduri

3. The Causes of High Unemployment: Labour-Market Sclerosis v. Macroeconomic Policy
Thomas I. Palley

4. Is Capital Stock a Determinant of Unemployment?
Philip Arestis, Michelle Baddeley, Malcolm Sawyer

5. Deflation Risks in Germany and the EMU: The Role of Wages and Wage Bargaining
Eckhard Hein, Thorsten Schulten, Achim Truger

6. The Influence of Unemployment, Productivity and Institutions on Real Wage Trends: The Case of Italy 1970–2000
Enrico Sergio Levrero, Antonella Stirati

7. Unequal Fortunes, Unstable Households: Has Rising Inequality Contributed to Economic Troubles for Households in the USA?
Heather Boushey, Christian E. Weller

8. The Effects of Economic Liberalization on Income Distribution: A Panel-Data Analysis
Gerardo Angeles-Castro

9. Pensions and Distribution in an Ageing Society: A Non-Conventional View
Sergio Cesaratto

10. Do Profits Affect Investment and Employment? An Empirical Test Based on the Bhaduri-Marglin Model
Özlem Onaran, Engelbert Stockhammer

11. Class Conflict and the Cambridge Theory of Income Distribution
Thomas I. Palley

12. The Dynamics of Profit- and Wage-led Expansion: A Note
Amit Bhaduri

Avainsanat: Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Labor Economics, Development Economics