Essays about: "Top income shares"

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  1. 1. Using Voting Rights to Estimate Swedish Wealth Inequality in the Late Nineteenth Century

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Johan Allen; Johan Callermo; [2020]
    Keywords : Wealth Inequality; Wealth Distribution; Economic Development;

    Abstract : Public and academic interest in inequality research is growing and we are increasingly seeing detailed national time series charting wealth and income inequality back to the beginning of the industrial revolution. Previous research on Swedish wealth inequality in the nineteenth century has been entirely based on samples of estate inventories. READ MORE

  3. 2. Can the functional income distribution explain income inequality?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Bylund; [2020]
    Keywords : Functional income distribution; Capital share; Income inequality; Labor share; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the correlation between capital share and income inequality using three different income inequality measures. By performing a panel data regression and estimating Pearson’s r I find that there exists a large and positive correlation between capital share and top income shares. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effect of Innovation on Top Income Inequality : Cross-country evidence from EU member countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cecilia Emilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Innovation; Growth; Schumpeterian; EU; Inequality; Patents; Trademarks; Firms;

    Abstract : We live in a time when innovative products and services including Smart Homes and face-recognition apps are celebrated and advertised as tools needed in making our economies and societies more efficient, climate-friendly and citizen-centred. At the same time, a worldwide rise in top income shares has gained a lot of attention from policymakers, activists, international organisations, and scholars. READ MORE

  5. 4. Top Income Shares and Regional Inequality - Long-term patterns, 1900-2010

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Fänge; [2019]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : After decades of convergence, income inequality has increased substantially in many European countries, as well as in the US. Additionally, a similar pattern has been observed for regional income disparities as well. READ MORE

  6. 5. The November Revolution: Income inequality effects of the financial deregulation in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Hanna Eklööf; [2019]
    Keywords : Income inequality; Financial deregulation; Synthetic control method;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the Swedish financial deregulation caused income inequality to increase in Sweden. In investigating this relationship, the synthetic control method and data over the years 1975 to 1995 are used. READ MORE