Wealth Inequality in the Netherlands, c. 1950-2015. The Paradox of a Northern European Welfare State
This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality using a range of scattered sources. Wealth tax records suggest a substantial decline in inequality to the 1970s and, more tentatively, a gradual rise thereafter. In the post-1990 years, Gini-coefficients...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Journals
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis |
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| Online Access: | https://test.openjournals.nl/tseg/article/view/8184 |