The colonial legacy: Income inequality in former British African colonies

This paper examines the distribution of top incomes in 15 former British colonies in Africa, drawing on evidence available from income tax records. It seeks to throw light on the position of colonial elites during the period of British rule. Just how uneq

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Atkinson, A.B.
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	inequality \| income distribution \| colonial Africa

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2014/045 6 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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