I cambiamenti di lungo periodo nelle diseguaglianze di reddito nei paesi industrializzati. (With English summary.)

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The paper examines the long-run evolution of income distribution in eight industrialized countries. No common trend is observed in the last quarter of a century: the inequality of disposable incomes increased in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and in Sweden and Finland in the 1990s; it changed little in Canada, France and the Federal Republic of Germany; it showed no clear tendency in Italy. The time patterns depend on the definition of income and, in particular, on whe...

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Authors: Atkinson, A; Brandolini, A

• Journal: Rivista Italiana degli Economisti
• Volume: 9
• Publication date: 2004-01-01
• ISSN: 1593-8662
• Language: Italian