2015年4月
Equilibrium distribution of labor productivity: a theoretical model
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC INTERACTION AND COORDINATION
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- 巻
- 10
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 57
- 終了ページ
- 66
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11403-013-0118-9
- 出版者・発行元
- SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
We construct a theoretical model for equilibrium distribution of workers across sectors with different labor productivity, assuming that a sector can accommodate a limited number of workers which depends only on its productivity. A general formula for such distribution of productivity is obtained, using the detail-balance condition necessary for equilibrium in the Ehrenfest-Brillouin model. We also carry out an empirical analysis on the average number of workers in given productivity sectors on the basis of an exhaustive dataset in Japan. The theoretical formula succeeds in explaining the two distinctive observational facts in a unified way, that is, a Boltzmann distribution with negative temperature on low-to-medium productivity side and a decreasing part in a power-law form on high productivity side.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1007/s11403-013-0118-9
- ISSN : 1860-711X
- eISSN : 1860-7128
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000351770700004