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

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Department of Social Work

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.

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Language

Swedish

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Geographic unit

Population

Industrialized countries

Time Method

Time series

Time period(s) investigated

1966 – 1994

Variables

Number of individuals/objects

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Geographic coverage

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

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Social Work

Funding

Funding agency: Swedish Council for Social Research

Topic and keywords

Research area

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Economics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Economic conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Developing countries, Public expenditure, Unemployment, Trade union membership, Economic conditions, Gross domestic product, Social security, Inflation, Age distribution, Exports and imports, Working women

Publications

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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Published: 2012-07-13

Last updated: 2019-02-06