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

Jakob Egholt Søgaard

doi:10.6027/a8f75d4b-en

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

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nordic Economic Policy Review 2018 : Increasing Income Inequality in the Nordics
Publisher	Nordisk Ministerraad
Publication date	18 Apr 2018
Pages	66-99
ISBN (Electronic)	978-92-893-5513-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6027/a8f75d4b-en
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2018

Series	TemaNord
ISSN	0908-6692

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