The long run history of income inequality in Denmark
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The long run history of income inequality in Denmark. / Atkinson, Tony B.; Søgaard, Jakob Egholt.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 118, No. 2, 2016, p. 264–291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The long run history of income inequality in Denmark
AU - Atkinson, Tony B.
AU - Søgaard, Jakob Egholt
N1 - JEL Classification: D31; H2; J3; N3
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We use historical publications and micro data from the tax returns to construct internationally comparable estimates of the development in income inequality in Denmark over the last 140 years. The study shows that income inequality and top income shares have declined during several distinct phases in between periods of stability. Furthermore the quality of the Danish data allows us to analyse not only the development in top income shares but also broader inequality measures such as the Gini coefficient. These analyses show that top income shares are a good proxy for the underlying development in inequality.
AB - We use historical publications and micro data from the tax returns to construct internationally comparable estimates of the development in income inequality in Denmark over the last 140 years. The study shows that income inequality and top income shares have declined during several distinct phases in between periods of stability. Furthermore the quality of the Danish data allows us to analyse not only the development in top income shares but also broader inequality measures such as the Gini coefficient. These analyses show that top income shares are a good proxy for the underlying development in inequality.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Ulighed
KW - D31
KW - H2
KW - J3
KW - N3
U2 - 10.1111/sjoe.12143
DO - 10.1111/sjoe.12143
M3 - Journal article
VL - 118
SP - 264
EP - 291
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Economics
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Economics
SN - 0347-0520
IS - 2
ER -
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