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Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution: How Did the Nordic Countries Fare during Their Crises?

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We study the inequality of disposable income in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the late 1980s and early 1990s when unemployment rose dramatically in all four countries. A standard measure of inequality--the Gini coefficient--was surprisingly stable in all countries during this period. By decomposing the Gini into income components, we test hypotheses about the reasons for this stable income distribution. Our most straightforward hypothesis, that rising unemployment benefits counteracted the impact of more unequally distributed earnings, receives only limited support. More complex mechanisms seem to have been at work. Copyright 2000 by The editors of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

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Volume (Year): 102 (2000)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 77-99
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  1. Rolf Aaberge and Iulie Aslaksen, 1996. "Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient by Income Components: Various Types of Applications and Interpretations," Discussion Papers 182, Research Department of Statistics Norway.
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