Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution: How did the Nordic Countries Fare during their Crises?
研究了1980年代末至1990年代初丹麦、芬兰、挪威和瑞典失业率急剧上升时，可支配收入不平等程度（基尼系数）为何保持稳定，通过分解收入成分检验了相关假说。
We study the inequality of disposable income in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the late 1980s and early 1990s when unemployment rose dramatically in all four countries. A standard measure of inequality — the Gini coefficient – was surprisingly stable in all countries during this period. By decomposing the Gini into income components, we test hypotheses about the reasons for this stable income distribution. Our most straightforward hypothesis, that rising unemployment benefits counteracted the impact of more unequally distributed earnings, receives only limited support. More complex mechanisms seem to have been at work.