THREE CENTURIES OF INEQUALITY IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA

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The Kuznets curve of human capital inequality: 1870–2010 (2012, background): “much attention in the empirical literature and is discussed by Lindert [13] and Morrisson [18] from a historical perspective.”
Dancing with Giants: China, India, and the Global Economy (2007, unknown): “However, the scant evidence suggests that the increases were less than in China (for example, see Lindert [2000]).”
Inequality does cause underdevelopment: Insights from a new instrument ☆ (2007, unknown): “Lindert 2000 finds that sketchy data suggest that the Gini for income inequality in England in the 17 th and 18 th centuries was roughly the same as in 1995, although it fluctuated in between.”
Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data (2016, unknown): “Lindert (2000) provides a survey of earlier historical estimates, often based on probate records.”
Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden, 1873-2006 (2009, unknown): “period, since the Swedish Riksbank had indeed approved of some very large capital transfers by private individuals; see further, Lindkvist (1990). 46 Another potential explanation is, of course, statistical errors in the calculations.”