In Norway, Everyone Can Know How Much You Earn on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2016–2021.
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Tom Scott explains how in Norway and other Nordic countries tax returns, and so individual incomes, are public. He looks at the effects of wage transparency and whether it is a good idea, with sources listed in the description.
HN points to it in discussions of salary transparency as a short, well-sourced overview of how public tax records work in Nordic countries.
“Interesting video about somewhat public tax returns, and hence salary, in Norway and other Nordic countries.”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
I suggest checking out Tom Scott's "In Norway, Everyone Can Know How Much You Earn", at ▶ this video And then, have a look at the bibliography in the video description!
in “Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make” · View on HN
Interesting video about somewhat public tax returns, and hence salary, in Norway and other Nordic countries. ▶ this video
in “LinkedIn launches Salary to chart what we earn” · View on HN
It's actually a fairly long tradition, it's only been online for the previous decade or so. I'ts easy to access, it's just that for the last few years, you can also see if someone has checked your taxes and who they are. ▶ this video
in “Thoughts.page: hosting a small webpage for your thoughts” · View on HN