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Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden, 1873–2006

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

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

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Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden 1873–2005

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007

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

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The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society; Sweden, 1903–2004

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006

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 …

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The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society: Sweden, 1903–2004

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2006

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 …

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Expanding the welfare system : a proposal for reform.

Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1998

The proposal involves the establishment of ?welfare accounts? for every person in a country. There are to be four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...

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