This paper uses income tax tabulations to estimate top income shares in Brazil over the long term. Between 1926 and … 2015, the concentration of income at the top remained very high, following a sine wave trend: top shares ebbed and flowed … the recent decline in inequality is cast in a more dubious light, since top income shares have remained quite stable since …

Gender-based board quotas do not always lead to higher share of women in top management positions. We study the … consequences of an affirmative action policy that stipulates gender- and race-based targets in top management positions, beyond … boards. We focus on the representation of intersectional group identities, such as race and gender, at the top. We find …