The Danish study led by Søren Leth-Petersen, provides a rich understanding of inequalities in Denmark, with data harmonised across 17 high-income countries in our project.
Questions that this work sheds light on include: How have labour market and income inequalities changed in recent decades, and how do they differ between people with different levels of education, between men and women? Which inequalities have increased and which have declined? How are they related to changes in labour market institutions, taxes and state transfers, and social changes? Answering these questions comprehensively requires a cross-national perspective, examining trends not only in one country, but documenting the experience of a range of different countries.
The report “Inequality in Denmark: 1987 – 2021” analyses economic inequalities in coherent framework, which can be easily compared to, and read alongside, other similar report produced for other countries in this project.
The report
Inequality in Denmark 1987-2021 by Søren Leth-Petersen and Johan Sæverud
The paper Inequality in Denmark, 1987–2021 provides a short summary of the key results on trends in working-age inequalities in Denmark, using harmonised data constructed in this project. This paper was published in a special issue of Fiscal Studies in June 2024.