Similar Search Results

Richer or more numerous or both? : the role of population and economic growth for top income shares

Krolage, Carla; Peichl, Andreas; Waldenström, Daniel - 2018

When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … income growth than the standard measure. We apply these measures to long-term income data from the United States and find … growth since 1980 than when keeping top groups fixed. For earlier historical periods, our analysis shows that choice of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011939792

Women in the top of the income distribution : what can we learn from LIS-data?

Bobilev, Roman; Boschini, Anne; Roine, Jesper - 2019

We explore the extent to which LIS-data can be used to shed light on the presence of women in the top of the income distribution. We show developments of the share of women in top groups (P90-100 and P99-100) of the labour income distribution for 28 countries and, when possible, compare to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107544

Women in top incomes : evidence from Sweden 1974-2013

Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2017

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731888

Women in top incomes : evidence from Sweden 1974-2013

Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2018

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804134

Did financialization reduce economic growth?

Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald; Lin, Ken-Hou; Meyers, Nathan - In: Socio-economic review 13 (2015) 3, pp. 525-548

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417576

Growth and inequality : a meta-analysis

Dominicis, Laura de; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, … - 2006

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and … part of the literature that considers inequality detrimental to growth, more recent studies have challenged this result and … found a positive effect of inequality on growth. This paper contributes to the debate by using meta-analytical techniques to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349190