This paper decomposes the rise in cross-sectional earnings inequality in Sweden between 1990 and 2002 into changes in … inequality is in both countries a consequence of rising upper tail dispersion. Contrary to the U.S. experience, where the rise is …

We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on … substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US, while the more predominantly studied father-son measures remained … in the US relative to Sweden. We develop a model to quantify the relative roles of parent human capital, employment, and …