Ups and Downs in Finance, Ups without Downs in Inequality

Olivier Godechot; Nils Neumann; Paula Apascaritei; István Boza; Martin Hällsten; Lasse Folke  Henriksen; Are Skeie Hermansen; Feng Hou; Jiwook Jung; Naomi Kodama; Alena Krízková; Zoltán Lippényi; Marta Elvira; Silvia Maja Melzer; Eunmi Mun; Halil Sabanci; Matthew Soener; Max Thaning

Ups and Downs in Finance, Ups without Downs in Inequality

Olivier Godechot, Nils Neumann, Paula Apascaritei, István Boza, Martin Hällsten, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Are Skeie Hermansen, Feng Hou, Jiwook Jung, Naomi Kodama, Alena Krízková, Zoltán Lippényi, Marta Elvira, Silvia Maja Melzer, Eunmi Mun, Halil Sabanci, Matthew Soener, Max Thaning

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The upswing in finance over the past several decades has led to rising inequality, but do downswings in finance lead to a symmetric decline in inequality? In this paper, we analyze the asymmetry of the effect of ups and downs in financial markets, as well as the effect of increased capital requirements and the bonus cap on national earnings inequality. We use administrative employer-employee linked data on earnings from 1990 to 2017 for twelve countries. Additionally, we use data on earnings from bank reports, from 2009 to 2017 in thirteen European countries. We find a strong asymmetry in the effects of financial ups and downs on earnings inequality, a mitigating effect of rising capital requirements on the contribution of finance to inequality, and a restructuring effect of the bonus cap for the earnings of financiers, while neither policy affects absolute levels of earnings inequality.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Paris
Publisher	Max Planck Sciences Po Center
Number of pages	34
Publication status	Published - 2021

Series	MaxPo Discussion Paper
Number	21/2
ISSN	2196-6508

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Godechot, O., Neumann, N., Apascaritei, P., Boza, I., Hällsten, M., Henriksen, L. F., Hermansen, A. S., Hou, F., Jung, J., Kodama, N., Krízková, A., Lippényi, Z., Elvira, M., Melzer, S. M., Mun, E., Sabanci, H., Soener, M., & Thaning, M. (2021). Ups and Downs in Finance, Ups without Downs in Inequality. Max Planck Sciences Po Center. MaxPo Discussion Paper No. 21/2 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/247780

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