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methodology is applied to Norway, for which rich historical data sources exist. Taking careful account of the definition of income …
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We study the inequality of disposable income in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the late 1980s and early …
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Norway for the period 1973-97, we find a tendency for 'flocking together' for all married couples, and married couples with …
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replacing current tax systems in Italy, Norway and Sweden by a flat tax on total income. The flat tax rates are determined so … Norway, to 29 percent in Sweden. In all three countries the labor supply responses decline sharply with pre-reform disposable … Norway and much lower, but positive, in Italy and Sweden. In all three countries "rich" households - defined by their pre …
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This paper compares income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries and the United States during 1980-90. The results suggest that inequality is greater in the United States than in the Scandinavian countries and that this inequality ranking of countries remains unchanged...
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This paper compares income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries and the United States during the 1980s. The results demonstrate that inequality is greater in the United States than in the Scandinavian countries and that the ranking of countries with respect to inequality...
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Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services in distributional analysis, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects poverty and inequality estimates. In particular, the equivalence scales applied to...
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Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences when measuring poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors actually affect poverty estimates. Unlike the standard approach in studies of the...
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