Top Incomes in Sweden during Three-Quarters of a Century: A Micro Data Approach

Björn Anders Gustafsson () and Birgitta Jansson ()
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Björn Anders Gustafsson: Göteborg University
Birgitta Jansson: University of Gothenburg

No 2672, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper aims to throw light on the development of top incomes in Sweden as well as the causes for change. Using household income data we show that since the first half of the 1980s, real income at the top of the distribution has developed more favourably than for other groups. This contrasts with the changes which occurred prior to the 1980s. Reasons for the rise in the top income share are several: the development of stock prices, the tax reform which made income taxes not progressive at the top of the scale, and the labour market change of top wages increasing more rapidly than others.

Keywords: income distribution; tax reform; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J31 N34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2007-03
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Published - published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, 32 (6), 963-976

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