Top incomes : a global perspective / edited by A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty. - xxi, 776 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Top Indian incomes, 1922-2000 / Income inequality and progressive income taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 / The evolution of income concentration in Japan, 1886-2005 : evidence from income tax statistics / Top incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004 / Top incomes in a rapidly growing economy : Singapore / The rich in Argentina over the twentieth century, 1932-2004 / Top incomes in Sweden over the twentieth century / Trends in top income shares in Finland / Top incomes in Norway / Income and wealth concentration in Spain in a historical and fiscal perspective / Top incomes and earnings in Portugal, 1936-2005 / Top incomes in Italy, 1974-2004 / Top incomes in the long run of history / Abhijit Banerjee and Thomas Piketty -- Thomas Piketty and Nancy Qian -- Chiaki Moriguchi and Emmanuel Saez -- Andrew Leigh and Pierre van der Eng -- A.B. Atkinson -- Facundo Alvaredo -- Jesper Roine and Daniel Waldenström -- M. Jäntti, M. Riihelä, R. Sullström, and M. Tuomala -- R. Aaberge and A.B. Atkinson -- Facundo Alvaredo and Emmanuel Saez -- Facundo Alvaredo -- Facundo Alvaredo and Elena Pisano -- A.B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty, and Emmanuel Saez.

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Income distribution--Cross-cultural studies
Income distribution--History
Wealth

HC79.I5 / T66 2010

339.22