Wealth inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient was very high at the beginning of the twentieth century, fell during the post-war period and has increased substantially since the 1980s. There is also a clear pattern if we look at top 1% wealth shares.

New working paper! *Measuring long-run wealth inequality: Empirical results for Norway 1912-2019* (with Aaberge and Solbakken) We estimate wealth inequality in Norway based on a set of historical and contemporary sources. www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-o...

New working paper! *Female labor force participation in historical census microdata*, available at EHES: ehes.org/wp/EHES_282.... . Female labor force participation is well measured in the Norwegian 1910 Census, and the available micro data is well suited for economic analysis (with some caveats).

Hva om arealfaktoren var null, altså at antall mandater til hver valgkrets bare kom an på hvor mange som bodde der, ikke hvor mye land og ferskvann de hadde? Overraskende små endringer. FrP hadde fått to mandater mindre, Arbeiderpartiet og MDG ett mandat til hver.

Hva om sperregrensa var 5%, så KrF og MDG kom under? Da hadde de mistet sine henholdsvis fire og tre utjevningsmandater, og disse hadde blitt tildelt H (3), Rødt (1), SP (2) og SV (1). Altså netto ett mandat mer til venstresiden.

Hva om sperregrensa var 4.5%, så KrF kom under? Da hadde KrF mistet de fire utjevningsmandatene, som hadde blitt tildelt H(1), MDG (1), SP (1) og SV (1). Altså netto tre mandater mer til venstresiden.

Hva om sperregrensa var 3.5%, så Venstre kom over? Da hadde Venstre fått tre utjevningsmandater, på bekostning av H (1), Rødt (1) og SV (1). Altså netto to mandater mer til høyresiden.

Her er noen "hva om"-utregninger etter stortingsvalgresultatet 2025. Alt med forbehold om feil, og at resultatene heller ikke er helt klare ennå (foreløpige tall er lastet ned fra valg.no). Mandatfordelingen med disse tallene er altså:

On Norway's Constitution Day: a new, unknown "anti-war" party has ads all over the public transport system in Oslo. Financed by Russia? Who knows, political financing transparency laws are weak

Great experience visiting the Social history of finance group at the University of Antwerpen today. www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/... Many excellent questions and suggestions about historical wealth inequality! @uantwerpen.be

Great workshop on historical microdata at CES/LMU today! Look forward to the rest of it tomorrow. Image from lunch at Munich's Englisher Garten. Presentations included, among others: @mreiske.bsky.social @christianvedel.bsky.social @jvoth.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social

New working paper! How Business Income Measures Affect Income Inequality and the Tax Burden, with Aaberge, Francesconi and Vestad. Using Norwegian administrative data, we show that income inequality is much higher than commonly measured. Measurement matters! www.iza.org/publications...