Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007

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Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo; Atkinson, Anthony B.
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2010
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There have been important studies of overall income inequality and of poverty in South Africa. In this paper, we approach the subject from a different direction: the extent and evolution of top incomes. We present estimates of the shares in total income of groups such as the top 1 per cent and the top 0.1 per cent, covering, with gaps, more than a hundred years. In order to explain the observed dynamics, here we consider three factors: the transfer of political authority, racial discrimination, and the rich mineral resources. The estimates of top income shares for recent years bear out the picture of South Africa as a highly unequal country.
Fil: Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Instituto "Torcuato Di Tella"; Argentina. Ecole Normale Supérieure; Francia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Atkinson, Anthony B.. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
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Top incomes
South Africa
Income taxation
Income and wealth taxation
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
title Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
spellingShingle Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
Top incomes
South Africa
Income taxation
Income and wealth taxation
title_short Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
title_full Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
title_fullStr Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
title_full_unstemmed Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
title_sort Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa 1903-2007
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
Atkinson, Anthony B.
author Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
author_facet Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
Atkinson, Anthony B.
author_role author
author2 Atkinson, Anthony B.
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Top incomes
South Africa
Income taxation
Income and wealth taxation
topic Top incomes
South Africa
Income taxation
Income and wealth taxation
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv There have been important studies of overall income inequality and of poverty in South Africa. In this paper, we approach the subject from a different direction: the extent and evolution of top incomes. We present estimates of the shares in total income of groups such as the top 1 per cent and the top 0.1 per cent, covering, with gaps, more than a hundred years. In order to explain the observed dynamics, here we consider three factors: the transfer of political authority, racial discrimination, and the rich mineral resources. The estimates of top income shares for recent years bear out the picture of South Africa as a highly unequal country.
Fil: Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Instituto "Torcuato Di Tella"; Argentina. Ecole Normale Supérieure; Francia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Atkinson, Anthony B.. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
description There have been important studies of overall income inequality and of poverty in South Africa. In this paper, we approach the subject from a different direction: the extent and evolution of top incomes. We present estimates of the shares in total income of groups such as the top 1 per cent and the top 0.1 per cent, covering, with gaps, more than a hundred years. In order to explain the observed dynamics, here we consider three factors: the transfer of political authority, racial discrimination, and the rich mineral resources. The estimates of top income shares for recent years bear out the picture of South Africa as a highly unequal country.
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