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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective

  • Thomas Piketty
  • Emmanuel Saez
American Economic Review
vol. 96, no. 2, May 2006
(pp. 200–205)
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Citation

Piketty, Thomas, and Emmanuel Saez. 2006. "The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective." American Economic Review, 96 (2): 200–205. DOI: 10.1257/000282806777212116

JEL Classification

  • D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
  • J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials