Browsing Discussion Papers by Subject "Income inequality"
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Asymptotic distribution theory of empirical rank-dependent measures of inequality
(Discussion Papers;No. 402, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: A major aim of most income distribution studies is to make comparisons of income inequality across time for a given country and/or compare and rank different countries according to the level of income inequality. ... -
Birds of a feather flock together : the impact of choice of spouse on family labor income inequality
(Discussion Papers;No. 276, Working paper, 2000)This paper discusses the effects of the substantial rise in labor force participation of married women on the level, structure and trend in family labor income inequality. An interesting question is to what extent the rise ... -
Income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries compared to the United States
(Discussion Papers;No. 168, Working paper, 1996)This paper compares income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries and the United States during the 1980's. The results demonstrate that inequality is greater in the United States than in the Scandinavian ... -
Measuring income inequality under restricted interpersonal comparability
(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 ... -
On the meaning and measurement of redistribution in cross-country comparisons
(Discussion Papers;No. 649, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: Empirical findings on the relationship between income inequality and redistribution from a cross-country perspective are not conclusive. One reason may be that observers have in mind different concepts of ... -
On the measurement of long-term income inequality and income mobility
(Discussion Papers;No. 622, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: This paper proposes a two-step aggregation method for measuring long-term income inequality and income mobility, where mobility is defined as an equalizer of long-term income. The first step consists of aggregating ... -
Sampling errors and cross-country comparisons of income inequality
(Discussion Papers;No. 252, Working paper, 1999)The growing interest in cross-national comparisons of income inequality is primarily a result of the establishment of the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database and the wide range of studies on income inequality based on ... -
Unemployment shocks and income distribution : how did the Nordic countries fare during their crises?
(Discussion Papers;No. 201, Working paper, 1997)We analyse how inequality of disposable income evolved in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the late 1980s and early 1990s when unemployment rose dramatically in all four countries. We find that a standard measure ...