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studied. The results indicate that increased persistent wage inequality is one source behind the increase in persistent … earnings inequality. …
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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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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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and developing countries between 1970 and 2015. Our main finding is that global earnings inequality has declined …'s poorest half doubled. Decomposition analyses emphasize the role of income convergence between poor and rich countries and that … to varying real exchange rates, inequality measures and population definitions. …
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This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968 - 2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...
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Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … this severely underestimates the actual increase in inequality and, in particular, top income shares during recent decades … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
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prospect theory instead, which better describes behavior under risk. I find that the specific type of inequality in bottom … optimal inequality result contrasts the implications of other social welfare criteria. -- veil of ignorance ; prospect theory … ; social welfare function ; income inequality …
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. -- Intergenerational income mobility ; earnings distribution ; income inequality …
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Using a large Swedish longitudinal database for the period 1982–2005, I estimate and compare within-group inequality in … persistent and transitory earnings among men with high-school and college degrees. Analyses of inequality over the life cycle … larger proportion of their overall variance. Analyses of changes in within-group inequality over time, holding life …
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