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Catching up with the West : Chinese pathways to the global middle class

Gustafsson, Björn; Yang, Xiuna; Sicular, Terry - 2019

We investigate whether Chinese household incomes have caught up to those of the middle class in the developed world. Using nationwide survey data for 2002 and 2013, we find considerable catch up. Defining the global middle class as being neither poor nor rich in the developed world, we estimate...

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If Seebohm Rowntree had studied Sweden : how poverty changed in the city of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003

Gustafsson, Björn; Jansson, Birgitta - 2010

This paper investigates the development of poverty in Sweden using micro data derived from tax files for the city of Göteborg for the years 1925, 1936, 1947, 1958 as well as more recent (1983, 1994 and 2003) information. We define poverty as living in a household with a disposable income lower...

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Top incomes in Sweden during three-quarters of a century : a micro data approach

Gustafsson, Björn (contributor); … - 2007

"This paper aims to throw light on the development of top incomes in Sweden as well as the causes for change. Using household income data we show that since the first half of the 1980s, real income at the top of the distribution has developed more favourably than for other groups. This contrasts...

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Top incomes in Sweden over three-quarters of a century : a micro data approach

Gustafsson, Björn; Jansson, Birgitta - In: Cambridge journal of economics 32 (2008) 6, pp. 963-976

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Top Incomes in Sweden During Three-Quarters of a Century : A Micro Data Approach

Gustafsson, Björn - 2007

This paper aims to throw light on the development of top incomes in Sweden as well as the causes for change. Using household income data we show that since the first half of the 1980s, real income at the top of the distribution has developed more favourably than for other groups. This contrasts...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777265

Top Incomes in Sweden Over Three-Quarters of a Century : A Micro Data Approach

Gustafsson, Björn; Jansson, Birgitta - 2010

This paper aims to throw light on the development of top incomes in Sweden as well as the causes for change. Using household income data we show that since the first half of the 1980s real income at the top of the distribution has developed more favourably than for other groups. This contrasts...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213148

Chapter 21. Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality

Acemoglu, Daron; Naidu, Suresh; Restrepo, Pascual; … - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 1885-1966). 2015

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail …: democracy does not lead to a uniform decline in post-tax inequality, but can result in changes in fiscal redistribution and …

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Cross-country inequality trends

Acemoglu, Daron - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 113 (2003), pp. F121-149

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Cross-country inequality trends

Acemoglu, Daron - 2002

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Cross country inequality trends

Acemoglu, Daron (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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