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What determines top income shares? Evidence from the twentieth century
Roine, Jesper; Vlachos, Jonas; Waldenström, Daniel - 2007
This paper studies determinants of income inequality using a newly assembled panel of 16 countries over the entire twentieth century. We focus on three groups of income earners: the rich (P99-100), the upper middle class (P90-99), and the rest of the population (P0-90). The results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320164
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Does financial deregulation boost top incomes? Evidence from the Big Bang
Tanndal, Julia; Waldenström, Daniel - 2016
This study estimates the impact of financial deregulation on top income shares. Using the novel econometric method of constructing synthetic control groups, we show that the "Big Bang"-deregulations in the United Kingdom in 1986 and Japan 1997-1999 increased the share of pre-tax incomes going to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794575
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On the Role of Capital Gains in Swedish Income Inequality
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2011
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. Using micro panel data to average incomes over longer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320194
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On the role of capital gains in Swedish income inequality
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2011
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. Using micro panel data to average incomes over longer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321442
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The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society; Sweden, 1903–2004
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 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 eighty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320074
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The evolution of top incomes in an egalitarian society: Sweden, 1903 - 2004
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2006
This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903 to 2004. We find that, starting from higher levels of inequality than in other Western countries, the income share of the Swedish top decile drops sharply over the first eighty years of the century. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281326
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The Relationship between Growth-Inequality-Poverty Triangle and Environmental Degradation: Unveiling the Reality
Hassan, Syeda Anam; Zaman, Khalid; Gul, Shah - In: Arab Economic and Business Journal 10 (2015) 1, pp. 57-71
due to changes in growth, inequality and poverty triangle in Pakistan over the period 1980 - 2011 by using multivariate … GDP & income inequality, carbon dioxide emissions & income inequality, and poverty & income inequality in Pakistan. On the … of Pakistan. The results indicate that, on the short run, there is a significant negative relationship between economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011936876
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Factors driving changes in income distribution in post-reform Mexico
Angeles-Castro, Gerardo - 2007
After 1984 and following economic liberalisation, income inequality in Mexico has increased. Some of the main factors that have contributed to this trend are the relative expansion of the average income in the service sector in relation to the agricultural and manufacturing sectors, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290671
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The relationship between financial development and income inequality in Turkey
Destek, Mehmet Akif; Sinha, Avik; Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 11, pp. 1-14
Reducing income inequality and enhancing access to financial institutions play a vital role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 10, especially in developing countries. While there are studies on the nexus between financial development and economic growth, literature on financial...
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The effect of financial development on income inequality in Turkey: An estimate of the Greenwood-Jovanovic hypothesis
Koçak, Emrah; Uzay, Nısfet - In: Review of Economic Perspectives 19 (2019) 4, pp. 319-344
This paper is the first to examine the linear and nonlinear effect of financial development on income inequality in Turkey over the period of 1980-2013. Financial development is represented by disaggregated and aggregated indicators. In this way, the effects of various financial indicators on...
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