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| Author: | Dell, F. |
| Title: | Top incomes in Germany and Switzerland over the twentieth century |
| Journal: | Journal of the European Economic Association
2005 : APR-MAY, VOL. 3:2-3, p. 412-421 |
| Index terms: | Germany income tax incomes Switzerland |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper introduces new homogenous series on top income shares in Germany (1891-1998) and Switzerland (1933-1995), using data from income tax returns. The secular decline in income inequality is for the most part an accidental, capital income phenomenon. Very top incomes were badly hurt by the major shocks of the 1914-1945 period and never fully recovered afterwards. Since 1945, top income shares have been relatively stable. The striking episode before WWII is how Nazi power brought top income shares to almost double within five years. |
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