Top incomes in france in the Twentieth Century : inequality and redistribution, 1901–1998

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Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Preface to the New Edition -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- Introduction: Why Study Top Incomes? -- -- Part One: The Evolution of Income Inequality in France in the Twentieth Century -- -- A Fivefold Increase in “Average” Purchasing Power in the Twentieth Century -- -- The Evolution of the Level and Composition of Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century -- -- Wage Inequality in France in the Twentieth Century -- -- Part Two: Top Incomes and Redistribution in France in the Twentieth Century -- -- Income Tax Legislation from 1914 to 1998 -- -- Who Paid What? -- -- Part Three: France and the Kuznets Curve -- -- Was the “End of the Rentiers” a Tax Illusion? -- -- How Does France Compare with Foreign Experiences? -- -- Conclusion: Top Incomes in France at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century -- -- Appendix A: The Raw Statistical Tables Compiled by the Tax Administration from Income Tax Returns (1915–1998 Tax Years) -- -- Appendix B: Methodology and Results of Estimates Based on Income Tax Return Statistics (1915–1998 Tax Years) -- -- Appendix C: Complementary Data on Income Tax Legislation -- -- Appendix D: Raw Data, Methodology, and Results of Estimates Based on Statistics from Employer Wage Declarations (1919–1938, 1947, and 1950–1998 Wages) -- -- Appendix E: Estimating Consistent Series for the Blue-Collar Wage and the Average Wage over the Long Run (1900–1998) -- -- Appendix F: Consumption Price Indexes (1900–1998) -- -- Appendix G: Methodology and Results of the Estimates Based on the National Accounts Series (1900–1998) -- -- Appendix H: Population, Households, and Socioprofessional Structure, 1900–1998 -- -- Appendix I: Estimates of the Income Distribution in Twentieth-Century France -- -- Appendix J: Raw Data, Methodology, and Results of Estimates Based on the Statistics Derived from Bequest Declarations (1902–1994 Bequests) -- -- Appendix K: Raw Data, Methodology, and Estimates Based on Statistics on the Distribution of Parisian Rents (1889, 1901, and 1911 rents) -- -- Notes -- -- Works Cited -- -- Contents in Detail -- -- Tables and Illustrations -- -- Index

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10.4159/9780674986213 [DOI]

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