• Differences in Learning and Inequality 

      Cappelen, Ådne (Discussion Papers;No. 457, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Rapid growth in productivity combined with increasing wage dispersion in some countries, notably Anglo-Saxon, has been the subject of numerous studies. The main hypothesis in the literature is that an increased ...
    • Measuring income inequality under restricted interpersonal comparability 

      Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;No. 498, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: The standard approach in empirical analyses of income distributions is to estimate income inequality in a country under the assumption of full interpersonal comparability of income. To be meaningful, this method ...
    • The distributional impact of the Norwegian tax reform measured by disproportionality 

      Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion papers;146, Working paper, 1995-06)
      This paper focuses on the measurement of progressivity and the distributional effect of the Norwegian tax reform of 1992. Progressivity is measured by the degree of disproportionality, which implies that the burden of taxes ...