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Government-Mandated Discriminatory Policies.
Fang, H.; Norman, P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
This paper provides a simple explanation for why some minority groups are economically successful, despite being subject to government-mandated discriminatory policies. We study an economy with private and public sectors in which workers invest in imperfectly observable skills that are important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780381
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Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden, 1873–2006
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization until present day. Our series are based on a wide array of new evidence from estate- and wealth tax data, estimates of foreign and domestic family firm-wealth and of pension and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771090
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Government-Mandated Discriminatory Policies
Fang, Hanming; Norman, Peter - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
This paper provides a simple explanation for why some minority groups are economically successful, despite being subject to government-mandated discriminatory policies. We study an economy with private and public sectors in which workers invest in imperfectly observable skills that are important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645316
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Long-Run Changes in the Concentration of Wealth: An Overview of Recent Findings
Waldenström, Daniel; Ohlsson, Henry; Roine, Jesper - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
The objective of this paper is to study the dynamics of the wealth distribution over the path of economic development. More specifically, we are interested in distinguishing between changes which seem to be country specific and characteristics shared by all countries. A historical account of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645360
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Income Distribution and Labour Market Discrimination: A Case Study of Namibia
Ekström, Erika - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
component. We also find that females have a productivity advantage over the males, which reduces the gross wage differential. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645402
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The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society; Sweden, 1903–2004
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903–2004. We find that, starting from levels of inequality approximately equal to those in other Western countries at the time, the income share of the Swedish top decile drops sharply over the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645425
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Vem ansvarar för nästa generation?
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818337
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Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103287
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Are Female Workers Less Productive Than Male Workers? Productivity and the Gender Wage Gap
Meyerson, Eva M.; Petersen, Trond; Snartland, Vemund - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
performed, wages should in principle reflect productivity differences and that it is more difficult to discriminate on the basis … of the gap is due to productivity differences. <p> The main finding is that the productivity differences between sexes in … or less independent of supposed productivity differences between men and women, while under piece-rate work. The wage gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019064
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The Social Cost of Regulation and Lack of Competition in Sweden
Fölster, Stefan; Peltzman, Sam - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611584