On the long-run dynamics of income and wealth inequality
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-021-02043-1
Abstract: We analyse top income and wealth shares data, by conducting a robust estimation of trends, tests for structural breaks, and tests for determining persistence. We include Anglo-Saxon countries, continental Europe and Asian countries, grouped under… read more here.
Keywords: long run; income; top income; income wealth ... See more keywords
Women in the Top of the Income Distribution: What Can We Learn From LIS-Data?
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DOI: 10.1007/s40797-019-00108-w
Abstract: We explore the extent to which LIS-data can be used to shed light on the presence of women in the top of the income distribution. We show developments of the share of women in top… read more here.
Keywords: women top; income distribution; lis data; income ... See more keywords
Top-income data and income inequality correction in China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2021.01.018
Abstract: Abstract This paper estimates the level of income inequality of Chinese residents by combining data from the 2013 Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP 2013) and the Top Incomes in China in 2013 (TIC 2013). Specifically,… read more here.
Keywords: income; top income; income inequality; income data ... See more keywords
Volatile Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution between 1981 and 2010
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DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00644
Abstract: Abstract In the past twenty years, the share of top incomes in Switzerland has risen, while exhibiting large variations. Switzerland is similar to European countries for the top 1% but closer to the United States… read more here.
Keywords: income shares; switzerland reassessing; shares switzerland; volatile top ... See more keywords
Women in the One Percent: Gender Dynamics in Top Income Positions
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DOI: 10.1177/0003122418820702
Abstract: A growing body of research documents the importance of studying households in the top one percent of U.S. income distribution because they control enormous resources. However, little is known about whose income—men’s or women’s—is primarily… read more here.
Keywords: percent status; top income; one percent; income ... See more keywords