The Evolution of Income Concentration in Japan, 18862005: Evidence from Income Tax Statistics

By C. Moriguchi, Emmanuel Saez. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008

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Does unconventional monetary policy affect inequality? Evidence from Japan (2014, methodology): “Therefore, we use the second subset, which covers all types of households.12 Stylized facts on inequality in Japan Japan had long been considered a relatively egalitarian society (Moriguchi and Saez, 2008).”
The long-run determinants of inequality : What can we learn from top income data? (2009, unknown): “8 For evidence on much of changes in top income concentration stemming from the very top, see Atkinson and Piketty (2007, 2009).”
Skewed Wealth Distributions: Theory and Empirics (2018, background): “Across countries, Atkinson (2002), Moriguchi and Saez (2005), Piketty and Saez (2003), and Saez and Veall (2003) document skewed distributions of earnings with relatively large top shares consistently over the last century, respectively, in the United Kingdom, Japan, France, and Canada.”
Pre‐Industrial Inequality* (2011, background): “Japan Tax records 1886 Moriguchi and Saez (2005) Tax data with the focus on top income groups.”