In this paper, I estimate income inequality in Warsaw in the early XIX century. The data source is the 1833 tax census. I compare the income of Jews and Christians and investigate the spatial dimension of income inequality in the city. In 1833, income inequality in Warsaw was very high by modern...

In 1923 Poland introduced an extraordinary wealth tax. We use internal statistics of the Ministry of Treasury to estimate wealth inequality in interwar Poland. This data source has not been used previously by researchers. There are no estimates of wealth inequality in interwar Poland available...

In this paper, we compare income inequality in Warsaw in 1833, 1925, and 2017. The first estimate is based on tax census, the second is based on the social table, and the third comes from Statistic Poland. In 1833 income inequality in Warsaw was very high. Gini index stood at 0.57, the share of...

In this paper, we use administrative tabulations from occupation-based income tax to estimate income inequality in the Duchy of Warsaw. Firstly we estimate income inequality in the Department of Kalisz, then take advantage of the decomposability of the Theil index and estimate national-level...

The literature on wealth inequality is expanding very fast. Wealth is usually more concentrated than income. However, traditional measures of wealth inequality are based only on private wealth, and thus exclude public pension entitlements. In this chapter, the literature on the impact of public...