02708nam 2200529Ia 450 991082257830332120240506055821.097866125651131-282-56511-70-19-155823-0(CKB)24235097200041(MiAaPQ)EBC510296(MiAaPQ)EBC7033978(Au-PeEL)EBL510296(CaPaEBR)ebr10375070(CaONFJC)MIL256511(OCoLC)609861624(EXLCZ)992423509720004120090831d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTop incomes a global perspective /edited by A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty1st ed.Oxford Oxford University Press2010xxi, 776 p. illIncludes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- 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 -- Index.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.Income distributionCross-cultural studiesIncome distributionHistoryWealthIncome distributionIncome distributionHistory.Wealth.339.22Atkinson A. B(Anthony Barnes),1944-1089485Piketty Thomas1971-148972MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822578303321Top incomes3978335UNINA