, starting from levels of inequality approximately equal to those in other Western countries at the time, the income share of the …This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903-2004. We find that … the expansion of the welfare state and by 1950 Swedish top income shares were already lower than in other countries. The …

, starting from higher levels of inequality than in other Western countries, the income share of the Swedish top decile drops …This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903 to 2004. We find that … before the expansion of the welfare state, in fact, by 1950 Swedish top income shares were already lower than in other …

The distributions of income and wealth in countries across the world are found to possess some robust and stable …

transition. The data used originates from the taxation of wealth and estates. …The objective of this paper is to study the dynamics of the wealth distribution over the path of economic development … characteristics shared by all countries. A historical account of the evolution of the wealth distribution in developed countries is …

relatively income rich households accumulated new wealth. In the postwar period, the entire top decile lost out relative to the … in Swedish wealth inequality is likely to be larger than what official estimates suggest. …We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization …

relatively income rich households accumulated new wealth. In the postwar period, the entire top decile lost out relative to the … in Swedish wealth inequality is likely to be larger than what official estimates suggest. …We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the begin-ning of industrialization …

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of wealth ownership and wealth inequality in Latin American countries, using …, land, and financial assets, and find very high wealth concentration in all these types of assets, with the partial … exception home ownership. The relevance of informal assets and the historical patterns of wealth accumulation and concentration …

his paper investigates some major changes in the wealth distribution in China using the data from two national … household surveys conducted in 1995 and 2002. The surveys collected rich information on household wealth and its components …, enabling a detailed analysis of changes in wealth distribution among Chinese households. Our analysis indicates that the wealth …