Wage-led growth: concept, theories and policies
Lavoie, Marc ; Stockhammer, Engelbert
ILO - Geneva
2012
37 p.
economic policy ; wage policy ; wages
Conditions of Work and Employment Series
41
Wages and wage payment systems
English
Bibliogr.;[Internet download]
2226-8952
This paper argues that the polarization of income distribution and the decline in the wage share play an important role in the generation of unbalanced and fragile growth. The authors examine the possibility of an alternative path, a wage-led growth strategy, which is likely to generate a much more stable growth regime for the future."
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