TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Aaberge, Rolf
AU  - Atkinson, Tony
AU  - Modalsli, Jorgen Heibo
        TI  - On the Measurement of Long-Run Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Norway, 1875-2013
        PY  - 2017/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10574
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10574
        AB  - 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 methodology is applied to Norway, for which rich historical data sources exist. Taking careful account of the definition of income and population and the availability of micro data starting in 1967, an upper and lower bound for the pre-tax income Gini coefficient is produced. 
        KW  - income
KW  - inequality
KW  - distribution
KW  - Norway
KW  - long-run changes
        ER  -