Distribution conflict
A distribution conflict ( English Distributional conflict ) is a fight about how much each one of a limited amount of positive or negative feedback objects party to the conflict should receive. According to game theory , the situation is often interpreted as a zero-sum game .
Each party tries to get what they think is “fair”. Due to the interest-led distortion of perception of the conflict parties , each of them defines the word “ just ” in a different way.
Possible distribution strategies include a .:
- to distribute the number of objects equally among the number of parties;
- to distribute the number of objects according to the number of members of the parties;
- to distribute the number of objects according to the median age of the members of the parties.
A classic distribution conflict is the one about the division of national income into labor income and profit income, as it is reflected in the movement of the wage share or its counterpart, the profit share.
In the course of the foreseeable development of the population pyramid , a distribution conflict is programmed between those who pay into the pension insurance and those who exercise their pension entitlement. The question of the amount of the old-age pension is also controversial. Should every pensioner get the same or should childless pensioners get less?
Individual evidence
- ↑ Axel Börsch-Supan: The times when people always had enough children are over. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 11, 2000. p. 10.
- ↑ Old and childless versus young and parents. Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science November 25, 2009.
literature
- nyu.edu: New York University (PDF; 236 kB) Roman Inderst et al. (2007): Distributional conflict in organizations, European Economic Review , Vol. 51, p. 385-402