Comparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries.
Comparing the distribution of top incomes across countries raises many methodological problems, including differences in tax legislation and in tax avoidance, the definition of the income unit, and the definition of a control total for income. The paper considers the significance of these problems i...
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MIT Press
2005
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| author | Atkinson, A |
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| description | Comparing the distribution of top incomes across countries raises many methodological problems, including differences in tax legislation and in tax avoidance, the definition of the income unit, and the definition of a control total for income. The paper considers the significance of these problems in three applications: comparing top income shares at a point in time, analyzing the extent of convergence or divergence over time, and setting national changes in the context of the world distribution of income. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d803f2d8-826d-40a7-99da-1e0ef64b25092022-03-27T08:45:16ZComparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d803f2d8-826d-40a7-99da-1e0ef64b2509EnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrintsMIT Press2005Atkinson, AComparing the distribution of top incomes across countries raises many methodological problems, including differences in tax legislation and in tax avoidance, the definition of the income unit, and the definition of a control total for income. The paper considers the significance of these problems in three applications: comparing top income shares at a point in time, analyzing the extent of convergence or divergence over time, and setting national changes in the context of the world distribution of income. |
| spellingShingle | Atkinson, A Comparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries. |
| title | Comparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries. |
| title_full | Comparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries. |
| title_fullStr | Comparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries. |
| title_short | Comparing the Distribution of Top Incomes across Countries. |
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