• Inequality and growth in the very long run: Inferring inequality from data on social groups 

      Modalsli, Jørgen (Discussion papers;734, Working paper, 2013-02)
      This paper presents a new method for calculating Gini coefficients from tabulations of the mean income of social classes. Income distribution data from before the Industrial Revolution usually come in the form of such ...
    • The intergenerational transfer of the employment gender gap 

      Haaland, Venke Furre; Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion papers;767, Working paper, 2014-01)
      Despite well-documented convergence during the later years of the 20th century, labor market attachment remains markedly higher for men than for women. The current paper employs rich longitudinal registry data to investigate ...