Aaberge, Rolf; Atkinson, Tony; Modalsli, Jorgen Heibo - 2017
In seeking to understand inequality today, a great deal can be learned from history. However, there are few countries … for which the long-run development of income inequality has been charted. Many countries have records of incomes, taxes … and social support. This paper presents a new methodology constructing income inequality indices from such data. The …