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Inequality and Trust: Some Inequalities are More Harmful than Others
Gustavsson, Magnus; Jordahl, Henrik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2006
We present new evidence on the influence of income inequality on generalized trust. Using individual panel data from … income inequality and trust is particularly strong for people with a strong aversion against income differentials. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190452
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Inequality and Crime: Separating the Effects of Permanent and Transitory Income
Dahlberg, Matz; Gustavsson, Magnus - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2005
Earlier studies on income inequality and crime have typically used total income or total earnings. However, it is quite … is therefore to disentangle the two effects by, first, estimating region-specific inequality in permanent and transitory … indicate that it is important to separate the two effects; while an increase in the inequality in permanent income yields a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644540
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Inheritance Taxation in Sweden, 1885–2004: The Role of Ideology, Family Firms and Tax Avoidance
Henrekson, Magnus; Waldenström, Daniel - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014
This paper studies the evolution of the modern Swedish inheritance taxation from its introduction in 1885 to its abolishment in 2004. Our contribution is twofold. First, we compute annual effective inheritance tax rates for differently sized bequests and different types of inherited assets...
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Transmission of Human Capital across Four Generations: Intergenerational Correlations and a Test of the Becker-Tomes Model
Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten; Sandgren Massih, Sofia; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
Most previous studies on intergenerational transmission of human capital are restricted to two generations - between the parent and the child generation. In this paper we investigate if there is an independent effect of the grandparent and the great grandparent generations in this process. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399690
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Transmission of Human Capital across Four Generations: Intergenerational Correlations and a Test of the Becker-Tomes Model
Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten; Sandgren Massih, Sofia; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
Most previous studies on intergenerational transmission of human capital are restricted to two generations - between the parent and the child generation. In this paper we investigate if there is an independent effect of the grandparent and the great grandparent generations in this process. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399697
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Who is at the top? Wealth mobility over the life cycle
Hochguertel, Stefan; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
Who is wealthy? This paper presents empirical estimates of household movements into and out of the top percents of the wealth distribution over individual life cycles. There are life-cycle motives and precautionary motives for wealth accumulation. The opportunities to accumulate wealth create...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416200
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Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution: Reply
Dahlberg, Matz; Edmark, Karin; Lundqvist, Heléne - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
In a comment to Dahlberg, Edmark and Lundqvist (2012), Nekby and Pettersson-Lidbom (2012) argue (i) that the refugee placement program should be measured with contracted rather than actually placed refugees, and claim that the correlation between the two measures is insignificant and close to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611625
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Optimal Inequality behind the Veil of Ignorance
Liang, Che-Yuan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
prospect theory instead, which better describes behavior under risk. I find that the specific type of inequality in bottom …-heavy right-skewed income distributions, which includes the log-normal income distribution, could be socially desirable. The … optimal inequality result contrasts the implications of other social welfare criteria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643160
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Tax Regimes and Capital Gains Realizations
Jacob, Martin - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
This paper analyzes the effects of progressive versus proportional taxation on capital gains realization behavior. Using a comprehensive panel of over 230,000 individuals in Sweden for 1973-1996, this paper shows after progressive capital gains taxes were cut from over 80% in the 1980s to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201041
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Simulating the future of the Swedish baby-boom generations
Klevmarken, N. Anders; Bolin, Kristian; Eklöf, Matias; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2007
the income and wealth distributions. This paper motivates and reviews the structure of these modules with a focus on …
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