The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia

By Anthony B. Atkinson, A. Leigh. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Sociology and Political Science

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Financial Markets (2011, result): “Similar, though less extreme, developments took place throughout the developed world.(4) Nevertheless, by the mid-1990s, the beneficence of financial sector dominance seemed evident to all, particularly in the United States.”
How Closely Do Top Income Shares Track Other Measures of Inequality (2007, unknown): “For Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, series excluding capital gains are not readily available, so series for these countries include realised capital gains, to the extent that such gains were taxable.”
Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth (2014, unknown): “Sweden Roine and Waldenstr€ om (2008) 1903–2006 (75y) Fam. -1950; Ind. 1951-; 16+ GI Nat. Acc. -1950; Tax stat. 1951Series with and without Switzerland Dell et al. (2007) 1933–1995/96 (31y) Fam.”
Polarization and Rising Wage Inequality: Comparing the U.S. And Germany (2018, unknown): “Atkinson and Leigh, 2007). As possible explanations of these trends, most of the literature has focused on skill-biased technological change (SBTC), the supply of skilled workers, changes in institutions such as the decline in unionization and changes in the minimum wage, as well as changes in socia”
Recent Trends in Top Income Shares in the USA: Reconciling Estimates from March CPS and IRS Tax Return Data (2009, background): “See Piketty (2003) for France, Atkinson (2005) for the UK, Saez and Vaell (2005) for Canada, Bach, Corneo and Steiner (2009) for Germany, Dell (2005) for Germany and Switzerland, and Atkinson and Leigh (2007) for Australia.”
Class in the 21st century: Asset inflation and the new logic of inequality (2019, background): “Thus, in a context in which government policy is otherwise actively seeking to moderate wages, negative gearing has allowed high earners and investors to exempt themselves from progressive taxation – an innovation that might go some way to explaining the phenomenal surge in earnings at the upper end”