Top incomes : a global perspective

edited by A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty

A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. This volume brings together studies of top incomes for twelve countries from around the world, including China, India, Japan, Argentina and Indonesia. Together with the first volume, published in 2007, the studies cover twenty two countries. They have a long time span, the earliest data relating to 1875 (for Norway), allowing recent developments to beplaced in historical perspective. The volume describes in detail the source data and the methods employed. It will be a

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Year of publication:	2010
Other Persons:	Atkinson, Anthony Barnes (contributor) ; Piketty, Thomas (contributor)
Publisher:	Oxford : Oxford University Press
Subject:	Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Welt \| World \| Einkommen \| Income \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xxi, 776 p) ill
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Contributors; 1. Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000; 2. Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015; 3. The Evolution of Income Concentration in Japan, 1886-2005: Evidence from Income Tax Statistics; 4. Top Incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004; 5. Top Incomes in a Rapidly Growing Economy: Singapore; 6. The Rich in Argentina over the Twentieth Century, 1932-2004; 7. Top Incomes in Sweden over the Twentieth Century; 8. Trends in Top Income Shares in Finland; 9. Top Incomes in Norway 10. Income and Wealth Concentration in Spain in a Historical and Fiscal Perspective11. Top Incomes and Earnings in Portugal, 1936-2005; 12. Top Incomes in Italy, 1974-2004; 13. Top Incomes in the Long Run of History; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-19-928689-2 ; 1-282-56511-7 ; 978-1-282-56511-1 ; 978-0-19-155823-8 ; 978-0-19-928689-8 ; 1-282-56510-9
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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