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Earnings differentials are commonly alleged to be notably smaller in the Nordic countries than in many other industrialized countries. Substantial differences in earnings dispersion across countries may have a number of consequences for the future role of the Nordic countries in an increasingly integrated world economy. A more compressed earnings distribution in the Nordic economies may affect both the pattern of immigration and the allocation of different production processes.
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Asplund, R., Barth, E., le Grand, C., Mastekaasa, A., Westergård-Nielsen, N. (1994). Human Capital and Earnings in the Nordic Countries. In: Asplund, R. (eds) Human Capital Creation in an Economic Perspective. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-99776-1_3
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