Top Incomes in Scandinavia: Recent Developments and the Role of Capital Income

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    Abstract

    This paper deals with the development of top incomes in Scandinavia. I first explain why academia over the past two decades has focused on the income share of top groups, in particular the one percent of the population with the highest incomes. Furthermore, I examine some of the main drivers of inequality that have been considered in the literature and present new suggestive evidence on the role of capital income and, in particular, the shift from interest income to dividends that has occurred over the past decades.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelNordic Economic Policy Review 2018 : Increasing Income Inequality in the Nordics
    ForlagNordisk Ministerraad
    Publikationsdato18 apr. 2018
    Sider66-99
    ISBN (Elektronisk)978-92-893-5513-1
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 18 apr. 2018
    NavnTemaNord
    ISSN0908-6692

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