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dc.contributor.authorAlmås, Ingvild
dc.contributor.authorHavnes, Tarjei
dc.contributor.authorMogstad, Magne
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-27T19:16:34Z
dc.date.available2012-02-27T19:16:34Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Economic Inequality, 2011, Volume 9, Number 4, Pages 629-650no_NO
dc.identifier.issn1573-8701
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/178074
dc.description© The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.no_NO
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we demonstrate how age-adjusted inequality measures can be used to evaluate whether changes in inequality over time are due to changes in the age-structure. To this end, we use administrative data on earnings for every male Norwegian over the period 1967–2000. We find that the substantial rise in earnings inequality over the 1980s and into the early 1990s, is to some extent driven by the fact that the large baby boom cohorts are approaching the peak of the age–earnings profile. We further demonstrate that the impact of age-adjustments on the trend in inequality during the period 1993–2000 is highly sensitive to the method used: While the most widely used age-adjusted inequality measure indicates little change in inequality over this period, a new and improved age-adjusted measure suggests a decline in inequality. Keywords Inequality trend – Age structure – Age–earnings profile – Gini coefficient JEL Classification D31 – D63 – D91 – E21no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherSpringerno_NO
dc.subjectInequality trendno_NO
dc.subjectEarnings inequalityno_NO
dc.subjectIncome distributionno_NO
dc.subjectNorwayno_NO
dc.subjectInntektsforskjellerno_NO
dc.subjectGini coefficientno_NO
dc.subjectInequality measuresno_NO
dc.subjectLivsløpsinntektno_NO
dc.subjectScientific articleno_NO
dc.titleBaby booming inequality? Demographic change and earnings inequality in Norway, 1967–2000no_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber629-650no_NO
dc.source.volumeVolume 9no_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Economic Inequalityno_NO
dc.source.issueNumber 4no_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10888-011-9168-1


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