ATKINSON, ANTHONY B.; LEIGH, ANDREW - In: The Economic Record 83 (2007) 262, pp. 247-261
Using taxation statistics, we estimate the income share held by top income groups in Australia over the period 1921-2003. We find that the income share of the richest fell from the 1920s until the mid-1940s, rose briefly in the postwar decade, and then declined until the early 1980s. During the...