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Top earners and earnings inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Ecuadorian administrative dataThis paper aims to assess the extent to which top earners in Ecuador were affected by the COVID-19 crisis compared to other segments of the population...
Top incomes Employment Earnings inequalityWorking Paper
Income distribution in Uganda based on tax registers: what do top incomes say?We use income data from tax registers at the Uganda Revenue Authority from 2011 to 2017 to estimate top income inequality, focusing on the very top—the top 1, 0.1, and 0.01 per cent of the income distribution...
Top incomes Inequality Tax dataTechnical Note
Top income adjustments and tax reforms in Ecuador: an application of ECUAMODThis technical note has been produced alongside a WIDER working paper assessing the effects on income inequality and income tax simulations of adjusting top incomes of employees in survey data based on administrative tax records in Ecuador...
Top incomes Tax data Tax reformJournal Article
Exclusive growth?: Rapidly increasing top incomes amid low national growth in South AfricaDespite South Africa’s need for inclusive economic growth, we find that the top income percentiles continue to diverge from the rest of the income distribution...
Top incomes Income distribution Tax dataWorking Paper
What explains the gender gap in top incomes in developing countries?: Evidence from EcuadorBased on tax records data from Ecuador, we analyse gender differences in top income groups from 2008 to 2017...
Top incomes Gender inequality Tax dataBook Chapter
Mexico: Labour markets and fiscal redistribution 1989–2014From the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Labour income Inequality Top incomesBook Chapter
Brazil: What are the main drivers of income distribution changes in the new millennium?From the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Income inequality Fiscal redistribution Top incomesJournal Article
Top incomes in China: Data collection and the impact on income inequalityPart of Journal Special Issue Income inequalities and redistribution in China
Top incomes Pareto distribution Income inequalityWorking Paper
Exclusive growth?: Rapidly increasing top incomes amidst low national growth in South AfricaDespite South Africa’s need for inclusive economic growth, we find that the income trajectories of the rich continue to diverge from the rest of the income distribution...
Top incomes Income distribution Tax dataJournal Article
Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?Despite the growing interest in global inequality, assessing inequality trends is a major challenge because individual data on income or consumption is not often available...
Inequality Income distribution Top incomesResearch Brief
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Measuring inequality in middle-income countriesIncome inequality is the result of complex processes with multiple interacting driving forces but understanding those drivers in emerging economies is particularly difficult because of data and analytical challenges...
Global inequality Economic inequality Top incomesPolicy Brief
Inequality in Brazil: Inclusive growth trend of this millennium is overAfter three decades of persistently high inequality, Brazil has been experiencing a downward trend since 2001, accompanied by a rise in household incomes. These trends lasted until 2014 when a major reversal took place on both fronts...
Income inequality Fiscal redistribution Household incomePolicy Brief
Inequality in Mexico: On the rise againSince 1989, inequality in Mexico has risen, declined, and risen again. The evolution of labour income inequality is at the core of this pattern...
Labour income Inequality Top incomesWorking Paper
Inequality in Mexico: Labour markets and fiscal redistribution 1989–2014Income inequality in Mexico increased between 1989 and 1994; between 1994 and 2006, inequality declined; and, between 2006 and 2014, inequality was again on the rise...
Labour income Inequality Top incomesWorking Paper
What are the main drivers of Brazilian income distribution changes in the new millennium?After three decades of persistently high income inequality, from 2001 Brazil experienced a downward inequality trend followed by rising household income growth. Both movements lasted until 2015...
Income inequality Fiscal redistribution Top incomes