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Evidence for a Power Theory of Personal Income Distribution
This paper proposes a new ‘power theory’ of personal income distribution. Contrary to the standard assumption that income is proportional to productivity, I hypothesize that income is most strongly determined by social power, as indicated by one’s position within an institutional hierarchy. While many theorists have proposed a connection between personal income and power, this paper is the first to quantify this relation. I propose that power can be quantified in terms of the number of subordinates below one’s position in a hierarchy. Using this definition, I find that relative income within firms scales strongly with hierarchical power. I also find that hierarchical power has a stronger effect on income than any other factor for which data is available. I conclude that this is evidence for a power theory of personal income distribution.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Papers on Capital as Power ; No. 2017/03
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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income distribution
hierarchy
power
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Fix, Blair
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Forum on Capital As Power - Toward a New Cosmology of Capitalism
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s.l.
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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- Fix, Blair
- Forum on Capital As Power - Toward a New Cosmology of Capitalism
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