In search of smoking guns: What makes income inequality vary over time in different countries?
https://doi.org/10.5878/001112
Information about GDP per capita; GDP growth; total public expenditure as percent of GDP; percent public consumption; gini coefficient for equivalent disposable income; percent imports from developing countries; inflation; percent social security transfers; percent unionized; percent unemployed; female labor force participation rate; percent employed in industry; percent employed in agriculture; percent employed in service sector; percent of population aged 0-14 years; percent of population aged 15-64 years; percent of population aged 65 years or more for 16 industrialized countries during the period 1966-1994.
Purpose:
Find the reason to why income distribution change in industrialized countries.
Citation and access
Citation and access
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Creator/Principal investigator(s):
- Björn Gustafsson - University of Gothenburg - Department of Social Work
- Mats Johansson - Institute for Future Studies
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No
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Method and outcome
Method and outcome
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Population:
Industrialized countries
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Variables:
24
Number of individuals/objects:
89
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Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
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Lowest geographic unit:
Country
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Department of Social Work
Funding
Funding
Funding agency:
- Swedish Council for Social Research
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Topic and keywords
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Publications
Publications
Citation:
Gustafsson, B. & Johansson, M. (1999) In search of Smoking Guns: What Makes Income Inequality Vary over Time in Different Countries?, American Sociological Review, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Aug., 1999), 585-605.
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