The distributions of income and wealth in countries across the world are found to possess some robust and stable …

incomes follow a power-law distribution, and the redistribution of income corresponds to a change in the power-law exponent … first developed by Herbert Simon and Harold Lydall, I show that hierarchy can explain the power-law distribution of top …Although the determinants of income are complex, the results are surprisingly uniform. To a first approximation, top …

Human capital theory is the dominant approach for understanding personal income distribution. According to this theory … higher income. But is this really the case? This paper takes a critical look at human capital theory and its explanation of … personal income distribution. I find that human capital theory’s claims are dubious at best. In most cases, the theory is …

creates the power-law income distribution tail. Using the available case-study evidence on firm hierarchy, I create the first …What explains the power-law distribution of top incomes? This paper tests the hypothesis that it is firm hierarchy that … reproduces the power-law scaling of top US incomes. I show that this is purely an effect of firm hierarchy. This raises the …

Architekten, Software- Entwickler, Werbefachleute) erwirtschafteten im Jahr 2006 zusammen ein Einkommen von 2,1 Milliarden Euro …, Rhein-Main, Stuttgart und München; das durchschnittliche Einkommen stieg in Berlin aber relativ schwach. Während das … selbständigen Künstler nur relativ niedrige Einkommen. Sie liegen im Durchschnitt aber um zehn Prozent über dem Niveau ihrer …

. Building on Nitzan and Bichler’s Capital as Power hypothesis, I argue that hierarchy formation is an integral part of the …Neoclassical growth theory assumes that economic growth is an atomistic process in which changes in distribution play … paper argues that a reality-based growth theory must reject neoclassical principles in favour of a powercentered approach …

, may stoke the formation of hierarchy by cloaking power in the language of ‘freedom’. … stoking self interest, the theory claims, individuals can benefit society. This idea, however, conflicts with the evolutionary … theory of multilevel selection, which proposes that rather than stoke individual self interest, successful groups must …

According to the theory of capital as power, capitalism, like any other mode of power, is born through sabotage and … article historicizes, theorizes and models the relationship between changes in hierarchical power and sabotage on the one hand … and the growth of energy capture on the other. It claims that hierarchical power is sought for its own sake; that building …

Introducing employee participation in a company can be expected to change the power relations and the power processes … ownership interrelates with power relations and processes in the company. Moreover, some overarching patterns were derived from … the analysis finally resulting in seven propositions about how employee ownership and power are linked to each other. …

"Circuits of Power". Wir zeigen, wie die Anwendung des Konzepts in Kombination mit Erkenntnissen der Labour Process Theory, der … power-related phenomena within the gig economy. We particularly lack systematic, integrative studies which focus on … interdependencies of power relations, labour conditions and business model efficiency, based on robust theoretical approaches which …