Top incomes in Sweden over three-quarters of a century: a micro data approach
Björn Gustafsson and
Birgitta Jansson
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, vol. 32, issue 6, 963-976
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, tax reforms and the labour market change of top wages increasing more rapidly than others. Copyright The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.
Date: 2008
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