Leth-Petersen, Søren; Sæverud, Johan - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1493-1526
We document facts about earnings and disposable income inequality and growth in Denmark in the period 1987-2016. During this period, the distribution of log earnings growth exhibits skewness that varies with the business cycle and has strong excess kurtosis. Denmark has a progressive income tax...