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dc.contributor.authorAaberge, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorBengtsson, Erik
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-18T09:51:50Z
dc.date.available2023-12-18T09:51:50Z
dc.date.created2023-11-08T13:24:01Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationScandinavian Economic History Review. 2023, .
dc.identifier.issn0358-5522
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3107981
dc.description.abstractThis paper surveys Nordic historic studies on the distribution of income to highlight similarities and differences between Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in the evolution of income concentration and income inequality over more than 140 years. Our descriptive analysis allows for a decomposition where we identify the contribution of the income share of the richest 1 per cent and the distribution of income among the other 99 per cent to overall inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient. The results show that the evolution of income concentration and inequality can be characterised by episodes rather than by secular cycles, which means that the evolution can neither be summarised by Kuznets’ inverse U nor by a U. The evidence on the role played by the share of the top 1 per cent for overall income inequality shows to be mixed and to vary across time and countries.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleLong-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries
dc.title.alternativeLong-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
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dc.source.journalScandinavian Economic History Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03585522.2023.2268624
dc.identifier.cristin2193937
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 261985
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 341250
dc.relation.projectRiksbankens jubileumsfond (RJ): M19-0231:1
dc.relation.projectVetenskapsrådet: 2018-01853
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