Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century: Inequality and Redistribution, 1901–1998

Cover
Copyright
Contents
Preface to the New Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Study Top Incomes?
Part One: The Evolution of Income Inequality in France in the Twentieth Century
	1. A Fivefold Increase in “Average” Purchasing Power in the Twentieth Century
	2. The Evolution of the Level and Composition of Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century
	3. Wage Inequality in France in the Twentieth Century
Part Two: Top Incomes and Redistribution in France in the Twentieth Century
	4. Income Tax Legislation from 1914 to 1998
	5. Who Paid What?
Part Three: France and the Kuznets Curve
	6. Was the “End of the Rentiers” a Tax Illusion?
	7. How Does France Compare with Foreign Experiences?
Conclusion: Top Incomes in France at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
Appendix A: The Raw Statistical Tables Compiled by the Tax Administration from Income Tax Returns (1915–1998 Tax Years)
Appendix B: Methodology and Results of Estimates Based on Income Tax Return Statistics (1915–1998 Tax Years)
Appendix C: Complementary Data on Income Tax Legislation
Appendix D: Raw Data, Methodology, and Results of Estimates Based on Statistics from Employer Wage Declarations (1919–1938, 1947, and 1950–1998 Wages)
Appendix E: Estimating Consistent Series for the Blue-Collar Wage and the Average Wage over the Long Run (1900–1998)
Appendix F: Consumption Price Indexes (1900–1998)
Appendix G: Methodology and Results of the Estimates Based on the National Accounts Series (1900–1998)
Appendix H: Population, Households, and Socioprofessional Structure, 1900–1998
Appendix I: Estimates of the Income Distribution in  Twentieth-Century France
Appendix J: Raw Data, Methodology, and Results of Estimates Based on the Statistics Derived from Bequest Declarations (1902–1994 Bequests)
Appendix K: Raw Data, Methodology, and Estimates Based on Statistics on the Distribution of Parisian  Rents (1889, 1901, and 1911 Rents)
Notes
Works Cited
Contents in Detail
List of Tables and Illustrations
Index