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Women in Top Incomes : Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013
Boschini, Anne - 2017
Using a large, register-based panel data set we study gender differences in top incomes in Sweden over the period 1974 …–2013. We find that, while women are still a minority of the top decile group, and make up a smaller share the higher up in the … distribution we move, their presence has steadily increased in all top groups over the past four decades. Top income women are …
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Like Mother, Like Child? The Rise of Women's Intergenerational Income Persistence in Sweden and the United States
Brandén, Gunnar; Nybom, Martin; Vosters, Kelly - 2023
We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on … prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen … substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US, while the more predominantly studied father-son measures remained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344618
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Job Loss Fears and (Extremist) Party Identification : First Evidence from Panel Data
Geishecker, Ingo - 2012
There is a large body of literature analyzing the relationship between objective economic conditions and voting behavior, but there is very little evidence of how perceived economic insecurity impacts on political preferences. Using seventeen years of household panel data from the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097869
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Demand for Redistribution, Support for the Welfare State, and Party Identification in Austria
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
This paper describes subjective wage inequality and the demand for redistribution in Austria using individuals' estimates of occupational wages from the International Social Survey Program. Although these estimates differ widely across individuals, the data clearly show that most individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155545
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In the Eye of the Beholder : Subjective Inequality Measures and the Demand for Redistribution
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
This paper presents a simple conceptual framework intended for describing individuals' subjective evaluations of occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the distinction between individuals' perceptions and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157028
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The Wage Premium of Communist Party Membership : Evidence from China
Wang, Hongjian - 2020
Social status and political connections may confer large economic benefits on an individual. Previous studies focused on China have examined the relationship between Communist Party membership and earnings and found a positive correlation. However, the correlation could be partly or totally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843716
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The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants : Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors
Bracco, Emanuele - 2017
Immigration has increasingly taken centre-stage in the political landscape. Part of this has been rise in far-right, anti-immigration parties in a range of countries. Existing evidence suggests that the presence of immigrants has a substantial effect on the political views of the electorate,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960288
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Backlash in Attitudes after the Election of Extreme Political Parties
Carlsson, Magnus - 2018
representation at the local level. We study attitudes towards the signature policies of two radical populist parties in Sweden, one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911202
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Voting Power and Survival : The Case of a Ruling Party
Jelnov, Artyom - 2019
In this article, we empirically study the survival of the ruling party in parliamentary democracies using a hazard rate model. We define survival of a crisis as being successful in a critical vote in the parliament. We develop a general probabilistic model of political crises and test it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868829
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Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences?
Grewenig, Elisabeth - 2019
The standard assumption of exogenous policy preferences implies that parties set their positions according to their voters' preferences. We investigate the reverse effect: Are the electorates' policy preferences responsive to party positions? In a representative German survey, we inform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870185