Piketty, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
income tax returns (1915-98), wage tax returns (1919-98) and inheritance tax returns (1902-94), is used in order to compute … fully homogeneous, yearly estimates of income inequality, wage inequality and wealth inequality. The main conclusion is that … the decline in income inequality that took place during the first half of the 20th century was mostly accidental. In …