Using taxation and household survey data, this paper estimates top income shares for Indonesia during 1920-2004. Our … evidence that top income shares fell in the early-2000s. For pre-war Indonesia, we decompose top income shares by income source … century, top income shares in Indonesia have been higher than in India, broadly comparable to Japan, and somewhat lower than …

In this article we assess income inequality across French and British colonial empires between 1920 and 1960. For the … Vietnam, which we compare to British colonies and dominions. As measured by top income shares, inequality was high in colonies …. Inequality between Europeans in colonies was similar to (or even below) that of the metropoles. In settlement colonies, the post …

To contribute to the debate on the recent inequality fall in Latin America, we provide evidence on the primary income … matched personal-firm income tax records, we find that trends are sensitive to the data source and inequality measure. Gini …

To contribute to the debate on the recent inequality fall in Latin America, we provide evidence on the primary income … matched personal-firm income tax records, we find that trends are sensitive to the data source and inequality measure. Gini …

This paper analyzes the evolution of income inequality and characterizes income mobility in Uruguay during the period … population aged 20 and over. The main findings of the paper are the following: (1) pre-tax income inequality decreased during the … wages, salaries and pensions; (5) the comparison between annual and permanent income-based inequality measures suggests that …

After increasing over more than a decade, recent studies based on household surveys data show that income inequality in … top income shares and corrected inequality measures. We also investigate the redistributive effect of the personal income … tax burden in the two data sets. Inequality indexes depict a similar trend in inequality reduction, even though the …

Studies of the spatial dimensions of inequality in developing countries are mostly restricted to states, provinces, or … procedure to calculate inequality between and within smaller spatial units in the context of India, taking advantage of census … (spatial) inequality between villages and blocks and to derive (local) inequality within these spatial units. We find that the …

represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although … and levels between the two wellbeing distributions. As a result, expenditure inequality is higher in China than in India …

represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although … and levels between the two wellbeing distributions. As a result, expenditure inequality is higher in China than in India …

Studies of the spatial dimensions of inequality in developing countries are mostly restricted to states, provinces, or … procedure to calculate inequality between and within smaller spatial units in the context of India, taking advantage of census … (spatial) inequality between villages and blocks and to derive (local) inequality within these spatial units. We find that the …