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, social security, inflation, age distribution, exports and imports, working women

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

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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

Data contains personal data

Funding

Funding agency: 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

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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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2012-07-13
https://doi.org/10.5878/001112

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