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Women in top incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974-2013

Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2018

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...

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Sector-specific human capital and the distribution of earnings

Smith, Eric - 2009

This paper incorporates assignment frictions and sector-specific training into the Roy model of occupational choice. Assignment frictions represent the extent of the market whereas differences in sector-specific training reflect worker specialization. This framework thus captures Adam Smith's...

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Income distribution, technical change and the dynamics of international economic integration

Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert - 2005

distribution, growth and international specialization. The model is explored both for the steady-state properties and the … transitory dynamics of integrated economies. Income inequality affects the patterns of growth and international specialization as …

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Income distribution and macroeconomics

Galor, Oded; Zeira, Joseph - 2013

This paper analyzes the role of income distribution in macroeonomic analysis. The study demonstrates that the long-run equilibrium depends on the initial distribution of income. In accordance with empirical evidence concerning the correlation between income distribution and output, an economy...

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An empirical evaluation of three post Keynesian models

Skott, Peter - 2010

these models for the steady growth path and the cyclical properties of the economy, and evaluate the consistency of the …

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Cyclical patterns of employment, utilization and profitability

Zipperer, Ben; Skott, Peter - 2010

The interaction between income distribution, accumulation, employment and the utilization of capital is central to macroeconomic models in the 'heterodox' tradition. This paper examines the stylized pattern of these variables using US data for the period after 1948. We look at the trends and...

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Quantifying inefficiency in incomplete asset markets

Tirelli, Mario; Turner, Sergio - 2007

It is known that the incompleteness of asset markets causes inefficiency in almost every equilibrium. Yet unexplored is the ”size” of this inefficiency. The size of a Pareto improvement is the total willingness to pay for it, out of current consumption. Inefficiency is the maximum size of...

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Secular stagnation and income distribution dynamics

Kiefer, David M.; Mendieta-Muñoz, Ivan; Rada, Codrina; … - 2019

This paper contributes to the literature on secular stagnation by estimating a measure of potential output growth for … utilization. The results obtained show that potential output growth exhibits a gradual decline that predates the Great Recession …-run relationship between income distribution and output growth in the USA. …

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Tax Reform Evaluation Using Nonparametric Methods: Sweden 1980 - 1991

Blomquist, Sören; Eklöf, Matias; Newey, Whitney - 1997

This paper evaluates the tax reforms carried out in Sweden between 1980 and 1991. We use a recently developed nonparametric labor supply function to account for the behavorial responses of the taxed individuals. We decompose the tax reform to study how the separate components influence hours of...

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Agricultural and trade policy reform and inequality: The distributive effects of direct payments to German farmers under the EU's new common agricultural policy

von Witzke, Harald; Noleppa, Steffen - 2007

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union has been in a process of reform since the early 1990s. As a result of reforms, agricultural market regulations have become more liberal and direct payments have been introduced which are to a large extent decoupled from production. In...

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