Inequality in Denmark (Atkinson & Sogaard)

The long-run history of income inequality in Denmark top incomes from 1870 to 2010 by A. B. Atkinson and J. E. Sogaard (2/2013) indicated by Celia L. Kerstenetzky. “We use historical publications and – for more recent years – micro-data from the income tax and wealth tax returns to estimate the development in income inequality in Denmark over the last  140 years. The paper breaks new ground in treating the specific features of the Danish Tax system and in analysing the implications of the swith from joint to individual taxation…”