Income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries compared to the United States. Discussion Paper (168), Statistics Norway.Aaberge, R., A. Bjorklund, M. Jantti, M. Palme, P. Perdersen, N. Smith
Choose a region: United States The impressive economic growth of the United States over the last century is unquestionable. Established as the land of the free, the United States has provided the economic stage for many to craft out their slice of the American dream. More questionable is that...
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The research suggests that economic policies to address the rising income inequality in the United States might serve to also address some of our nation's most troubling health statistics.doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2018.05.001Matthew PravinBrodersen Donka Mirtcheva...
Across 100 different areas (individual counties or collections of small counties) of the United States, we investigated how income inequality was associated with 1) average mathematics and reading achievement and 2) socioeconomic gradients in mathematics and reading achievement. Using data from the ...
Darker blue indicates higher income; the detail is included in the image page. Household income is an economic standard that can be applied to one household, or aggregated across a large group such as a county, city, or the whole country. It is commonly used by the United States government...
One would, of course, like to have a reliable set of income distribution data spanning the entire history of the United States. The existing situation is far from the ideal.Probably the best summary of the U.S. income data situation is given in Historical Statistics of the U.S.: Colonial...
The decline in labor share of income in the United States since the turn of the millennium has been particularly marked and is the focus of our analysis. Official data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggest that, while the labor share had already s...
This chapter deals with the repercussions of the neoliberal policies of tax havens, tax cuts and austerity of the past 35 years that have prevailed not only in the United States and the UK but also in Scandinavia and Finland. Data are presented on growin
states. Apergis et al. (2012) conclude that economic freedom decreases corruption in the long run, but also note that the relationship seems to be bidirectional. Ashby and Sobel (2008) identify a negative effect of economic freedom on income inequality, which Apergis et al. (2014) also do...