»Inequality on the Rise?« – Call for Papers

Intervention. Journal of Economics 2008 Special Issue

Intervention. Journal of Economics invites submissions in German or English language for a special issue on theoretical, empirical and policy aspects of income and wealth distribution to be published in 2008.
Papers dealing with the following questions would be particularly welcome:
-	What are the adequate framework and the adequate unit to analyse inequality; how can and should inequality be captured and measured?
-	Analysis concerning conceptions of distributive justice
-	Which economic and societal consequences does an (increasingly) unequal income and wealth distribution have?
-	What is the relationship between (female) labour market participation and the distribution of income and wealth?
-	Has income mobility changed in the last decades; and how has intergenerational poverty developed?
-	How does technological progress impact on income and wealth distribution?
-	How are functional income distribution and the personal distribution of income and wealth related?
-	What are the implications of European integration for the distribution of income and wealth, and how is it shaped by the transformation process in the »new« member countries?
-	Which role do institutions as well as public policies play for the (growing inequality of the) distribution of income and wealth?
-	Which policy options to alleviate the increasing inequality of income and wealth distribution do remain at the level of the nation state, and what are the necessities and options for supranational distributional policies?
For papers dealing with empirical aspects a focus on the enlarged European Union is especially encouraged.

Timetable and further information
The special issue is organised by a group of guest editors comprising Prof. Wilfried Altzinger (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration), Dr. Martin Schürz (Austrian National Bank), and Mag. Alois Guger and Dr. Margit Schratzenstaller (both Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna). 
Potential contributors are kindly asked to submit an abstract of no more than 200 words by the end of December, 2006, and will be notified by mid-January, 2007, whether their paper proposal has been accepted. Full papers, which should be limited to 8,000 words, are due by the end of April, 2007, and will be refereed according to the journal’s normal rigorous review process. The final deadline for (revised) articles is end of November, 2007.

Important Deadlines:
Abstract submission: December 31, 2006
Full paper submission: April 30, 2007
Completed (revised) paper submission: November 30, 2007

Abstracts and papers should be sent (preferably via e-mail) to:
Dr. Martin Schürz
Austrian National Bank
Otto-Wagner-Platz 3
A-1090 Wien
Austria
Martin.Schuerz@oenb.at

Contributors should also consider the instructions for Intervention. Journal of Economics authors at:
http://www.journal-intervention.org/go/guidelines.html

Also account should be taken concerning the scope of the journal, see:
http://www.journal-intervention.org/go/scope.html

Kind regards,
The Guest Editors