| Description | | - Innovative research tracing the changing distribution of top incomes and wealth across the globe
- Contains extensive discussion of sources and methods, and original data
- Includes case studies on top incomes in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Ireland
| Based on a pioneering research programme on the evolution of top incomes, this volume brings together studies from 10 OECD countries. This rapidly growing field of economic research investigates the top segment of the income distribution by using data from income tax records over the past century. As well as describing the source data and methods employed, the authors also discuss the dramatic
changes that have occurred at the top of the income scale throughout the 20th century.
This fascinating study is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive historic overview of top income distribution over the last century. It looks at why top incomes shares fell markedly in the first half of the 20th century and why, more recently, there has been a striking difference in the top
income distribution between continental Europe and English-speaking OECD countries, like the UK, USA, and Australia. Written by the top names in the field, this seminal work provides rich pickings for those with an interest in inequality, development, the economic impact of war, taxation, economic history, and executive compensation. |
Readership: Economists, economic and social historians, sociologists, and political scientists.
| Contents |
1.
Top Incomes over the Twentieth Century: A Summary of the Main Findings
,
Thomas Piketty
2.
Measuring Top Incomes: Methodological Issues
,
A. B. Atkinson
3.
Income, Wage, and Wealth Inequality in France, 1901-1998
,
Thomas Piketty
4.
The Distribution of Top Incomes in the United Kingdom, 1908-2000
,
A. B. Atkinson
5.
Income and Wage Inequality in the United States, 1913-2002
,
Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez
6.
The Evolution of High Incomes in Canada, 1920-2000
,
Emmanuel Saez and Mike Veall
7.
The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia
,
A. B. Atkinson and Andrew Leigh
8.
The Distribution of Top Incomes in New Zealand
,
A. B. Atkinson and Andrew Leigh
9.
Top Incomes in Germany throughout the Twentieth Century, 1891-1998
,
Fabien Dell
10.
Top Incomes in the Netherlands over the Twentieth Century
,
Wiemer Salverda and A B Atkinson
11.
Income and Wealth Concentration in Switzerland over the Twentieth Century
,
Fabien Dell, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez
12.
Long Term Trends in Top Income Shares in Ireland
,
Brian Nolan
13.
Towards a Unified Data Set on Top Incomes
,
A. B. Atkinson and Thomas Piketty
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by A. B. Atkinson, Nuffield College, Oxford and
Thomas Piketty, Director, Paris School of Economics and Professor EHESS, Paris
| Contributors:A. B. Atkinson, Nuffield College, Oxford University
Fabien Dell, German Institute for Economic Research
Andrew Leigh, Australian National University
Brian Nolan, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin
Thomas Piketty, ENS-EHESS, Paris-Jourdan
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley
Wiemer Salverda, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
Mike Veall,
McMaster University, Ontario |
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