Description: Top Incomes : A Global Perspective, Paperback by Atkinson, A. B. (EDT); Piketty, T. (EDT), ISBN 0198727747, ISBN-13 9780198727743, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. In Top Incomes: A Global Perspective New York Times best-selling author Thomas Piketty and noted member of the Conseil d'Analyse Economique, A. B. Atkinson brings together studies of top incomes for twelve countries from around the world, including China, India, Japan, Argentina and Indonesia. Together with the first volume, published in 2007, the studies cover twenty two countries. They have a long time span, the earliest data relating to 1875 (for Norway), allowing recent developments to be placed in historical perspective. The volume describes in detail the source data and the methods employed. It will be an invaluable reference source for researchers in the field. Individual country chapters deal with the specific nature of the data for each of the countries, and describe the long-term evolution of top income shares. In the countries as a whole, dramatic changes have taken place at the top of the income distribution. Over the first part of the century, top income shares fell markedly. This largely took the form of a reduction in capital incomes. The different authors examine the impact of the First and Second World Wars, contrasting countries that were and were not engaged. They consider the impact of depressions and banking crises, and pay particular attention to the impact of progressive taxation. In the last 30 years, the shares of top incomes have increased markedly in the US and other Anglo-Saxon countries, reflecting the increased dispersion of earnings. The volume includes statistics on the much-discussed top pay and bonuses, providing a global perspective that discusses important differences between countries such as the lesser increase in Continental Europe. This book, together with volume 1, documents this interesting development and explores the underlying causes. The findings are brought together in a final summary chapter by Atkinson, Piketty and Saez.
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Book Title: Top Incomes : A Global Perspective
Number of Pages: 800 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Top Incomes: a Global Perspective
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Economics, Finance
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 1058 g
Type: Textbook
Author: A. B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty
Subject Area: Economic Sociology
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Paperback
