In search of smoking guns: What makes income inequality vary over time in different countries?

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Björn Gustafsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Social Work

Mats Johansson - Institute for Future Studies

Description:

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.

Subject area:

economic conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Economics (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

developing countries, public expenditure, unemployment, trade union membership, economic conditions, gross domestic product, imports, social security, inflation, working women, age distribution

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Responsible department/unit:

University of Gothenburg, Department of Social Work

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Björn Gustafsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Social Work

Mats Johansson - Institute for Future Studies

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0802

Description:

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1966 — 1994

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, United States

Lowest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Geographic unit

Population:

Industrialized countries

Time Method:

Time series

Funding:

Swedish Council for Social Research

Subject area:

economic conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Economics (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

developing countries, public expenditure, unemployment, trade union membership, economic conditions, gross domestic product, imports, social security, inflation, working women, age distribution

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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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2012-07-13 doi:10.5878/001112