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Working Papers

2025

1. Income Distribution in Sweden in a Comparative Perspective: Evidence from New LIS-data
   LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

2023

2. Explaining the Child Poverty Outcomes of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
   LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

2022

3. Income distribution in Uganda based on tax registers: what do top incomes say?
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2020

4. Estimation of Income Inequality from Grouped Data
   LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (2)
5. Redistribution, inequality, and growth revisited: Comment on 'Redistribution, inequality, and growth: new evidence'
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2019

6. Multidimensional analysis and mobility: Special issue in homage to Tony Atkinson
   LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Multidimensional analysis and mobility: special issue in homage to Tony Atkinson, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2019) (2019)

2018

7. Labour Income, Social Transfers and Child Poverty
   LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
   See also Journal Article Labour Income, Social Transfers and Child Poverty, Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2017

8. Tony Atkinson and his Legacy
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department (2017) View citations (3)
   Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area (2017) View citations (3)
   Post-Print, HAL (2017) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Tony Atkinson and his Legacy, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2016

9. Redistribution around the world: Causes and consequences
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2015

10. Modelling the Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)
    See also Chapter Modeling the Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth, Research on Economic Inequality, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2015) View citations (12) (2015)

2014

11. Estimating Labour Supply Elasticities Based on Cross-Country Micro Data: A Bridge Between Micro and Macro Estimates?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (2013) View citations (1)
    Working Paper Series, Center for Fiscal Studies, Uppsala University, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Estimating labour supply elasticities based on cross-country micro data: A bridge between micro and macro estimates?, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (27) (2015)
12. Income Mobility
    Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality View citations (1)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (26)
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2013) View citations (4)
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2013) View citations (4)
13. The Double Role of Ethnic Heterogeneity in Explaining Welfare-State Generosity
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (1)
    Also in LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (2014) View citations (1)
14. Trends in Life Expectancy by Income and the Role of Specific Causes of Death
    Working Paper Series, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Trends in Life Expectancy by Income and the Role of Specific Causes of Death, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2013

15. Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (7)
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2012) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management (2013) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2014) View citations (14) (2014)

2012

16. On the variability of income within and across generations
    Working Paper Series, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article On the variability of income within and across generations, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2012) View citations (5) (2012)
17. The Role of Parental Income over the Life Cycle: A Comparison of Sweden and the UK
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2011

18. Child Poverty in Comparative Perspective: Assessing the Role of Family Structure and Parental Education and Employment
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (6)
19. Equality of Opportunity and the Distribution of Long-Run Income in Sweden
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Equality of opportunity and the distribution of long-run income in Sweden, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2012) View citations (48) (2012)

2010

20. Women, Poverty, and Social Policy Regimes: A Cross-National Analysis
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (4)

2009

21. Child Poverty in Upper-Income Countries: Lessons from the Luxembourg Income Study
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (7)
22. IQ and Family Background: Are Associations Strong or Weak?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article IQ and Family Background: Are Associations Strong or Weak?, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2010) View citations (61) (2010)
23. Long-Term Effects of Forced Migration
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (24)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) View citations (20)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (27)
24. The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth Regime
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2008

25. The Joint Distribution of Household Income and Wealth: Evidence from the Luxembourg Wealth Study
    OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (33)

2007

26. Alleviating unemployment traps in Finland: Can the efficiency-equity trade-off be avoided?
    Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
27. American exceptionalism in a new light: a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2005) View citations (13)
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (42)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (153)
28. Family Background and Income during the Rise of the Welfare State: Brother Correlations in Income for Swedish Men Born 1932-1968
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Family background and income during the rise of the welfare state: Brother correlations in income for Swedish men born 1932-1968, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (91) (2009)
29. Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (44)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (43)
    See also Journal Article Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2008) View citations (23) (2008)
30. Miten työnteko saadaan kannattamaan? Laskelmia sosiaaliturvan ja verotuksen muutosten vaikutuksista työllisyyteen ja tulonjakoon
    Working Papers, Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE
31. Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (57)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (57) (2007)
32. Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (119)
    Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2006) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2007) View citations (140) (2007)
33. Survey Estimates of Wealth Holdings in OECD Countries: Evidence on the Level and Distribution across Selected Countries
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (4)

2006

34. Growth and Equity in Finland
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
    Also in World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group (2005)

2005

35. Is Variation in Hours of Work Driven by Supply or Demand? Evidence from Finnish Manufacturing Industries
    Labor and Demography, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
36. Methods for summarizing and comparing wealth distributions
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (39)

2004

37. Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and Unobserved Ability: Siblings Evidence from Five Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (22)

2002

38. Income Inequality and Income Mobility in the Scandinavian Countries Compared to the United States
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations (146)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department (1996) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Income Inequality and Income Mobility in the Scandinavian Countries Compared to the United States, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2002) View citations (128) (2002)

2001

39. Examining the Impact of Macro-Economic Conditions on Income Inequality
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2001) View citations (4)

2000

40. Brother Correlations in Earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Compared to the United States
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2002) View citations (72) (2002)

1999

41. Child Poverty across Industrialized Nations
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (48)
    Also in Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series (1999) View citations (31)
42. Income Poverty in Advanced Countries
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
    See also Chapter Income poverty in advanced countries, Handbook of Income Distribution, Elsevier (2000) View citations (48) (2000)

1997

43. Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution How Did the Nordic Countries Fare During their Crises?
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution: How did the Nordic Countries Fare during their Crises?, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2000) View citations (59) (2000)

1996

44. Inequality in Five Countries in the 1980 s: The Role of Demographic Shifts, Markets and Government Policies
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
45. The Distribution of Earnings in Finland 1971-1990
    Working Papers, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research, Danmark- View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The distribution of earnings in Finland 1971-1990, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1997) View citations (6) (1997)

1993

46. Changing Inequality in Five Countries: The Role of Markets, Transfers and Taxes
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

1992

47. Does the Welfare State Work? Evidence on Antipoverty Effects from the Luxembourg Income Study
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Habit Formation and the Misallocation of Labor: Evidence from Forced Migrations
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (6), 2497-2539 View citations (8)

2021

2. Inequality measurement with grouped data: Parametric and non‐parametric methods
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2021, 184, (3), 964-984 View citations (4)

2020

3. Money and Happiness: Income, Wealth and Subjective Well-Being
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2020, 148, (1), 47-66 View citations (35)
4. The Determinants of Redistribution Around The World
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, 66, (1), 59-73 View citations (9)

2019

5. Labour Income, Social Transfers and Child Poverty
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2019, 143, (1), 251-276 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Labour Income, Social Transfers and Child Poverty, LIS Working papers (2018) (2018)
6. Multidimensional analysis and mobility: special issue in homage to Tony Atkinson
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, (1), 1-4
   Also in The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, (1), 1-4 (2019) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Multidimensional analysis and mobility: Special issue in homage to Tony Atkinson, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2018

7. Trends in Life Expectancy by Income and the Role of Specific Causes of Death
   Economica, 2018, 85, (339), 606-625 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Trends in Life Expectancy by Income and the Role of Specific Causes of Death, Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (2) (2014)

2017

8. Gender and inequality of opportunity in Sweden
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2017, 49, (3), 605-635 View citations (9)
9. The Contribution of Early‐life Versus Labour Market Factors to Intergenerational Income Persistence: A Comparison of the UK and Sweden
   Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (605), F71-F94 View citations (5)
10. Tony Atkinson and his Legacy
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (3), 411-444 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Tony Atkinson and his Legacy, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2015

11. Estimating labour supply elasticities based on cross-country micro data: A bridge between micro and macro estimates?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, (C), 87-99 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Estimating Labour Supply Elasticities Based on Cross-Country Micro Data: A Bridge Between Micro and Macro Estimates?, CESifo Working Paper Series (2014) (2014)
12. Luxembourg Income Study – response
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2015, 13, (4), 549-556 View citations (2)

2014

13. Announcements
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (1), 206-223
14. Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (1), 182-205 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory, CESifo Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
15. Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (1), 1-6

2012

16. Child poverty in cross-national perspective: Lessons from the Luxembourg Income Study
    Children and Youth Services Review, 2012, 34, (3), 558-568 View citations (32)
17. Equality of opportunity and the distribution of long-run income in Sweden
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39, (2), 675-696 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Equality of Opportunity and the Distribution of Long-Run Income in Sweden, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (18) (2011)
18. How important is family background for labor-economic outcomes?
    Labour Economics, 2012, 19, (4), 465-474 View citations (14)
19. On the variability of income within and across generations
    Economics Letters, 2012, 117, (1), 165-167 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper On the variability of income within and across generations, Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2010

20. IQ and Family Background: Are Associations Strong or Weak?
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 14 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper IQ and Family Background: Are Associations Strong or Weak?, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
21. The impact of macroeconomic conditions on income inequality
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8, (2), 221-240 View citations (26)

2009

22. Family background and income during the rise of the welfare state: Brother correlations in income for Swedish men born 1932-1968
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (5-6), 671-680 View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper Family Background and Income during the Rise of the Welfare State: Brother Correlations in Income for Swedish Men Born 1932-1968, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (24) (2007)
23. Satisfaction with Life and Economic Well-Being: Evidence from Germany
    Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2009, 129, (2), 283-295

2008

24. Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, 7, (2), 49 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries, Memorandum (2007) View citations (44) (2007)

2007

25. Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (2), 23 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (57) (2007)
26. Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons
    Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (519), C72-C92 View citations (140)
    See also Working Paper Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons, The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) (2007) View citations (119) (2007)

2005

27. Bojer, Hilde: Distributional Justice: Theory and Measurement
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2005, 107, (4), 759-761 View citations (1)

2002

28. Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States
    Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15, (4), 757-772 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Brother Correlations in Earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Compared to the United States, IZA Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (24) (2000)
29. Income Inequality and Income Mobility in the Scandinavian Countries Compared to the United States
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2002, 48, (4), 443-469 View citations (128)
    See also Working Paper Income Inequality and Income Mobility in the Scandinavian Countries Compared to the United States, SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance (2002) View citations (146) (2002)
30. Intervention on Indicators for Social Inclusion: Poverty and Income Distribution
    Politica economica, 2002, (1), 99-104

2000

31. Intergenerational mobility of socio-economic status in comparative perspective
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 26, 3-32 View citations (45)
32. Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution: How did the Nordic Countries Fare during their Crises?
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2000, 102, (1), 77-99 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution How Did the Nordic Countries Fare During their Crises?, Discussion Papers (1997) View citations (22) (1997)

1999

33. Optimal Tax‐Transfer Systems and Redistributive Policy
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1999, 101, (1), 115-126 View citations (2)

1997

34. Intergenerational Income Mobility in Sweden Compared to the United States
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (5), 1009-18 View citations (213)
35. The distribution of earnings in Finland 1971-1990
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (9), 1763-1779 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper The Distribution of Earnings in Finland 1971-1990, Working Papers (1996) View citations (1) (1996)

1996

36. FROM MARGINALISM TO INSTITUTIONALISM: DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FINNISH PENSION REGIME
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1996, 42, (4), 473-491 View citations (9)
37. POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE: A REVIEW
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1996, 42, (2), 233-240

1994

38. A More Efficient Estimate of the Effects of Macroeconomic Activity on the Distribution of Income
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (2), 372-78 View citations (17)
39. Child Poverty in Sweden and the United States: The Effect of Social Transfers and Parental Labor Force Participation
    ILR Review, 1994, 48, (1), 48-64 View citations (4)

Chapters

2015

1. Modeling the Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth
   A chapter in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Economic Mobility, 2015, vol. 23, pp 301-327 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Modelling the Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (16) (2015)

2006

2. Trends in the distribution of income and wealth: Finland, 1987–98
   Chapter 9 in International Perspectives on Household Wealth, 2006

2000

3. Income poverty in advanced countries
   Chapter 06 in Handbook of Income Distribution, 2000, vol. 1, pp 309-378 View citations (48)
   See also Working Paper Income Poverty in Advanced Countries, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (1999) (1999)