Top Incomes in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom over the 20th Century.

A method is developed for using income-tax data to investigate the evolution of the highest incomes over virtually the entire 20th century. The income shares of the top 10, 5, 1, 0.5, 0.1, and 0.05 percent are analysed for the UK and the Netherlands. For considering the top shares among themselves t...

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Main Authors: Atkinson, A, Salverda, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: MIT Press 2005