Wage-led growth: Concept, theories and policies

This ILO publication by Marc Lavoie and Englebert Stockhammer discusses the role of wages as both a cost of production and the motor of demand. The authors argue that "the polarization of income distribution and the decline in the wage share play an important role in the generation of unbalanced and unequal growth." They recommend a reconsideration of pro-capital distributional policies and a "wage-led growth strategy". 

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