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This volume brings together an exciting range of new studies of top incomes in a wide range of countries from around the world. The studies use data from income tax records to cast light on the dramatic changes that have taken place at the top of the income distribution. The results cover 22 countries and have a long time span, going back to 1875.

Table of Contents
1. Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000 ; 2. Income inequality and progressive income taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 ; 3. The evolution of income concentration in Japan, 1886-2005: Evidence from income tax statistics ; 4. Top incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004 ; 5. Top incomes in a rapidly growing economy: Singapore ; 6. The rich in Argentina over the twentieth century 1932-2004 ; 7. Top Incomes in Sweden over the twentieth century ; 8. Trends in top income shares in Finland ; 9. Top incomes in Norway ; 10. Income and wealth concentration in Spain in a historical and fiscal perspective ; 11. Top incomes and earnings in Portugal 1936-2005 ; 12. Top incomes in Italy 1974-2004 ; 13. Top incomes in the long run of history

Top Incomes A Global Perspective

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      Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
      Published 7 March 2014
      ISBN-13 9780198727743
      978-0198727743
      ISBN-10 0198727747
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      Economic history Public finance and taxation Social mobility

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume brings together an exciting range of new studies of top incomes in a wide range of countries from around the world. The studies use data from income tax records to cast light on the dramatic changes that have taken place at the top of the income distribution. The results cover 22 countries and have a long time span, going back to 1875.

      Table of Contents
      1. Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000 ; 2. Income inequality and progressive income taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 ; 3. The evolution of income concentration in Japan, 1886-2005: Evidence from income tax statistics ; 4. Top incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004 ; 5. Top incomes in a rapidly growing economy: Singapore ; 6. The rich in Argentina over the twentieth century 1932-2004 ; 7. Top Incomes in Sweden over the twentieth century ; 8. Trends in top income shares in Finland ; 9. Top incomes in Norway ; 10. Income and wealth concentration in Spain in a historical and fiscal perspective ; 11. Top incomes and earnings in Portugal 1936-2005 ; 12. Top incomes in Italy 1974-2004 ; 13. Top incomes in the long run of history

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