Income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries compared to the United States

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 443-469

  Aaberge, Rolf ^a   Björklund, Anders ^b   Jäntti, Markus ^c   Palme, Mårten ^d   Pedersen, Peder J ^e   Smith, Nina ^f   Wennemo, Tom ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

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EID: 0036948835     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00063     Document Type: Article

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