Labour Market and distributive lop

This paper examines the effects of the segmentation of the labour and goodsmarkets over the dispersion of relative prices and wages in the Brazilian economy. Thetheoretical argument is based in the behaviour of firms in the oligopolist and competitivesectors of the economy, on one hand, and the beha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Amadeo, Edward J., Camargo, José Márcio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1991
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1468
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1468
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inflação
salários
sindicalismo
Inflation
wages
unions
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Sumario:This paper examines the effects of the segmentation of the labour and goodsmarkets over the dispersion of relative prices and wages in the Brazilian economy. Thetheoretical argument is based in the behaviour of firms in the oligopolist and competitivesectors of the economy, on one hand, and the behaviour of organized and non-organizedlabour, on the other. We suggest that the negotiations between oligopolist firms and organizedlabour can be seen as a positive-sum game; whereas a zero-sum game characterizes thedistribution of income in the economy as a whole. Hence, we conclude that there has beena redistribution of income in favour of profits and wages of those agents operating in theoligopolist sectors in detriment of the other agents in the economy. JEL Classification: J31.