In search of smoking guns: What makes income inequality vary over time in different countries?
SND-ID: snd0802-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/001112
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Citation
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
Purpose:
Find the reason to why income distribution change in industrialized countries.
Data contains personal data
No
Language
Unit of analysis
Population
Industrialized countries
Time Method
Time period(s) investigated
1966 – 1994
Variables
24
Number of individuals/objects
89
Data format / data structure
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
Responsible department/unit
Department of Social Work
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)
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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