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Distribution of Income

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Rank in Organizations

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 161))

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In this chapter we combine briefly the statements of Chapters V and VI on salary structure under competition with the simple model of organizational structure in Chapter II in order to draw some conclusions about the income distribution in an hierarchical organization and the income distributions of all organization members in the economy.

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Beckmann, M.J. (1978). Distribution of Income. In: Rank in Organizations. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 161. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95336-1_7

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