Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000

This article presents data on the evolution of top incomes and wages for 1922-2000 in India using individual tax return data. The data show that the shares of the top 0.01 percent, 0.1 percent, and 1 percent in total income shrank substantially fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Banerjee, Abhijit, Piketty, Thomas
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/17747442/top-indian-incomes-1922-2000
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16482