The Local Denmark https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Danish income figures show signs of falling inequality People on lower salaries saw the highest relative increase in their income in 2018. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191113/danish-income-figures-show-signs-of-falling-inequality Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:13:05 +0100 danish-income-figures-show-signs-of-falling-inequality The one percent: How Denmark’s rich are getting much richer The proportion of the country’s total wealth owned by the richest one percent of Danes has significantly increased since the 1990s. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190523/denmarks-rich-are-getting-richer Thu, 23 May 2019 12:56:03 +0200 denmarks-rich-are-getting-richer Escape route from poverty shortest in Denmark: OECD Social mobility in Denmark compares favourably with all other member countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the intergovernmental organisation has said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190304/escape-route-from-poverty-shortest-in-denmark-oecd Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:47:07 +0100 escape-route-from-poverty-shortest-in-denmark-oecd Report points to increase in socioeconomic inequality between Danish schools A carpenter's son and company director's daughter are less likely to share a class at Danish schools than in previous years, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180213/report-points-to-increase-in-socioeconomic-inequality-between-danish-schools Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:19:38 +0100 report-points-to-increase-in-socioeconomic-inequality-between-danish-schools Denmark has lowest levels of childhood inequality Kids in Denmark grow up with the lowest inequality among the world’s wealthy nations, according to a new Unicef report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160414/denmark-has-lowest-levels-of-childhood-inequality Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:52:00 +0200 denmark-has-lowest-levels-of-childhood-inequality Denmark has OECD's lowest inequality Inequality is less of a problem in Denmark than other wealthy countries according to an OECD study that shows that income ineqality has reached historical highs. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150521/denmark-has-lowest-inequality-among-oecd-nations Thu, 21 May 2015 15:51:15 +0200 denmark-has-lowest-inequality-among-oecd-nations Minister: Capping wealth won't solve inequality Faced with the fastest growing income inequality in the EU, Bjarne Corydon said that raising taxes on the rich is no solution to closing the gap between the wealthiest and everyone else. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141124/minister-capping-wealth-wont-solve-inequality Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:37:00 +0100 minister-capping-wealth-wont-solve-inequality Denmark's one percent problem Income inequality is on the rise in Denmark and a recent analysis shows that Danes haven't fully grasped the seriousness of the situation. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140901/denmarks-one-percent-problem Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:30:00 +0200 denmarks-one-percent-problem