Top incomes a global perspective

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Top Indian incomes, 1922-2000 / Abhijit Banerjee and Thomas Piketty -- Income inequality and progressive income taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 / Thomas Piketty and Nancy Qian -- The evolution of income concentration in Japan, 1886-2005: evidence from income tax statistics / Chiaki Moriguchi and Emmanuel Saez -- Top incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004 / Andrew Leigh and Pierre van der Eng -- Top incomes in a rapidly growing economy: Singapore / A.B. Atkinson -- The rich in Argentina over the twentieth century, 1932=2004 / Facundo Alvaedo -- Top incomes in Sweden over the twentieth century / Jesper Roine and Daniel Waldenström -- Trends in top income shares in Finland / M. Jäntti, M. Riihelä, R. Sullström, and M. Tuomala -- Top incomes in Norway / R. Aaberge and A.B. Atkinson -- Income and wealth conecentration in Spain in a historical and fiscal perspective / Facundo Alvaredo and Emmanuel Saez -- Top incomes and earnings in Portugal, 1936-2005 / Facundo Alvareedo -- Top incomes in Italy, 1974-2004 / Facundo Alvaredo and Elena Pisano -- Top incomes in the long run of history / A.B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty, and Emmanuel Saez.