This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903-2004. We find that …. When included, Sweden's experience resembles that in the U.S. and the U.K. with sharp increases in top incomes. Excluding … capital gains, Sweden looks more like the continental European countries where top income shares have remained relatively …

We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization …

Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …

Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …

This paper presents homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden from 1903 to 2003 using individual tax returns …

This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903 to 2004. We find that … included or not. Including them, Sweden's experience resembles that in the U.S. and the U.K. with sharp increases in top … incomes, whereas excluding them Sweden looks more like the Continental European countries where top income shares have …

We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the begin-ning of industrialization …