Economic Change and Rising Income Inequality in the Oslo Region: The Importance of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services

Terje Wessel

Regional Studies, 2013, vol. 47, issue 7, 1082-1094

Abstract: Wessel T. Economic change and rising income inequality in the Oslo region: the importance of knowledge-intensive business services, Regional Studies . The growth of market income inequality in the Oslo region of Norway between 1993 and 2004 is investigated. Using two measures, it is shown that most of the change occurred within knowledge-intensive business services, and further within demographic subgroups. Changes in mean income ('between-group inequality') and shifts in the balance between segments of the economy are of minor importance. The results support a combined focus on productive paths and institutions. Labour relations, in particular, appear as an important explanation. However, labour relations can hardly explain why men rather than women, and Western immigrants rather than non-Western immigrants, converge towards employment in high-profit businesses. This particular pattern requires research beyond the economic and institutional landscape.

Date: 2013
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