Intergenerational top income mobility in Sweden: Capitalist dynasties in the land of equal opportunity?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 474-484

  Björklund, Anders ^a,b,c   Roine, Jesper ^d   Waldenström, Daniel ^b,e,f  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c ROA   (Netherlands)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Earnings inequality; Income inequality; Intergenerational income mobility; Top incomes; Transmission mechanisms; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857480980     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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