Minami, Ryoshin - In: Cambridge Journal of Economics 22 (1998) 1, pp. 39-58
In this paper the author estimates the income distribution in pre-war Japan. For 1921-39, two sets of statistics were combined: national personal income tax data for high-income classes and household tax (one of the local taxes) data in 149 villages, 45 towns and 16 cities for low-income...
