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Working Papers

2002

Top Indian Incomes, 1956-2000
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

2001

Income Inequality in France 1901-98
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998 (series updated to 2000 available)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

1999

Attitudes toward income inequality in France: Do people really disagree?
CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP View citations (16)
Dualism and Macroeconomic Volatility
Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (272)
Also in CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP (1997) View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Dualism and Macroeconomic Volatility, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1999) View citations (270) (1999)

1998

Les hauts revenus face aux modifications des taux marginaux supérieurs de l'impôt sur le revenu en France: 1970-1996
CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Les hauts revenus face aux modifications des taux marginaux supérieurs de l'impôt sur le revenu en France, 1970-1996, Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée (1999) View citations (12) (1999)

1997

L'élasticité de la transition non-emploi-emploi
CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP

1996

Mobilité économique et attitudes politiques face à la redistribution
CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP

1994

Social Mobility and Redistributive Politics
Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Social Mobility and Redistributive Politics, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1995) View citations (870) (1995)

1993

Dynamic Voting Equilibrium, Political Consevatism and Income Redistribution
DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure)
Social Mobility & Corporate Development
Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1992

Imperfect Capital Markets and Persistence of Initial Wealth Inequalities
STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (8)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1992) View citations (7)
Implementation of First-Best Allocations via Generalized Schedules
DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure)

Undated

On the Share of Inheritance in Aggregate Wealth Europe and the United States, 1900-2010
INET Oxford Working Papers, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

Journal Articles

2024

Predistribution versus Redistribution: Evidence from France and the United States
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16, (2), 31-65 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Predistribution versus Redistribution: Evidence from France and the United States, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2024) (2024)

2023

Rethinking capital and wealth taxation
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2023, 39, (3), 575-591 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Rethinking capital and wealth taxation, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2023) (2023)

2022

Brahmin Left Versus Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies, 1948–2020
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022, 137, (1), 1-48 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper Brahmin Left Versus Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies, 1948–2020, Post-Print (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
Generalized Pareto Curves: Theory and Applications
Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68, (1), 263-288 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper Generalized Pareto Curves: Theory and Applications, Post-Print (2022) View citations (6) (2022)
Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong, 1981–2020: The Rise of Pluto-Communism?
(Top Wealth Shares in the UK over More than a Century)
The World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36, (4), 803-834 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong, 1981-2020: The Rise of Pluto-Communism?, PSE Working Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
Twenty Years and Counting: Thoughts about Measuring the Upper Tail
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2022, 20, (1), 255-264 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Twenty Years and Counting: Thoughts about Measuring the Upper Tail, Post-Print (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2021

Accounting for Wealth-Inequality Dynamics: Methods, Estimates, and Simulations for France
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19, (1), 620-663 View citations (34)
See also Working Paper Accounting for Wealth Inequality Dynamics: Methods, Estimates and Simulations for France, PSE Working Papers (2020) View citations (43) (2020)
Correction to: Accounting for Wealth-Inequality Dynamics: Methods, Estimates, and Simulations for France
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19, (1), 707-707 View citations (30)
Global Income Inequality, 1820–2020: the Persistence and Mutation of Extreme Inequality
(Global Inequality of Hourly Income, 1980–2020)
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19, (6), 3025-3062 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper Global Income Inequality, 1820-2020: The Persistence and Mutation of Extreme Inequality, Working Papers (2021) View citations (7) (2021)
Income inequality under colonial rule. Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920–1960
Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 152, (C) View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Income inequality under colonial rule. Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920–1960, Post-Print (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2020

Die deutsche Ideologie und die Erneuerung Europas
Wirtschaftsdienst, 2020, 100, (10), 739-741
Pour une économie politique et historique: autour de Capital et Idéologie. Entretien avec Thomas Piketty
(Towards a political and historical economy: about Capital and Idéology. An interview with Thomas Piketty)
Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, 2020, 28
Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Global Inequality Estimates from WID.world
Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2020, (517-518-519), 41-59 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Global Inequality Estimates from WID.world, Post-Print (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2019

Capital Accumulation, Private Property, and Rising Inequality in China, 1978–2015
American Economic Review, 2019, 109, (7), 2469-96 View citations (165)
See also Working Paper Capital Accumulation, Private Property, and Rising Inequality in China, 1978–2015, Post-Print (2019) View citations (126) (2019)
Indian Income Inequality, 1922‐2015: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj?
Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65, (S1), S33-S62 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper Indian Income Inequality, 1922‐2015: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj?, Post-Print (2019) View citations (36) (2019)
Measuring lnequality in the Middle East 1990–2016: The World’s Most Unequal Region?
Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65, (4), 685-711 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Measuring lnequality in the Middle East 1990-2016: The World's Most Unequal Region?, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2019) View citations (2) (2019)
Simplified Distributional National Accounts
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 289-95 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper Simplified Distributional National Accounts, Post-Print (2019) View citations (10) (2019)

2018

Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Estimates for the United States
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (2), 553-609 View citations (441)
See also Working Paper Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Estimates for the United States*, Post-Print (2018) View citations (381) (2018)
From Communism to Capitalism: Private versus Public Property and Inequality in China and Russia
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 109-13 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper From Communism to Capitalism: Private Versus Public Property and Inequality in China and Russia, PSE Working Papers (2018) View citations (11) (2018)
From Soviets to oligarchs: inequality and property in Russia 1905-2016
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2018, 16, (2), 189-223 View citations (94)
Also in The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2018, 16, (2), 189-223 (2018) View citations (89)
See also Working Paper From Soviets to oligarchs: inequality and property in Russia 1905-2016, Post-Print (2018) View citations (84) (2018)
Income inequality in France, 1900–2014: Evidence from Distributional National Accounts (DINA)
Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 162, (C), 63-77 View citations (165)
See also Working Paper Income Inequality in France, 1900-2014: Evidence from Distributional National Accounts (DINA), Working papers (2018) View citations (108) (2018)
The Elephant Curve of Global Inequality and Growth
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 103-08 View citations (42)
See also Working Paper The elephant curve of global inequality and growth, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2018) View citations (38) (2018)
Tony Atkinson: The birth and development of modern inequality studies
The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2018, 29, (1), 41-43

2017

Global Inequality Dynamics: New Findings from WID.world
American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 404-09 View citations (154)
See also Working Paper Global Inequality Dynamics: New Findings from WID.world, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2017) View citations (66) (2017)
On the Share of Inheritance in Aggregate Wealth: Europe and the USA, 1900–2010
Economica, 2017, 84, (334), 239-260 View citations (73)
See also Working Paper On the Share of Inheritance in Aggregate Wealth: Europe and the USA, 1900–2010, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2017) View citations (64) (2017)
Tony Atkinson and his Legacy
Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (3), 411-444 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Tony Atkinson and his Legacy, Post-Print (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2015

A Historical Approach to Property, Inequality and Debt: Reflections on Capital in the 21st Century
CESifo Forum, 2015, 16, (01), 40-49
About Capital in the Twenty-First Century
American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 48-53 View citations (125)
See also Working Paper About Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Post-Print (2015) View citations (105) (2015)
Capital and Wealth Taxation in the 21st Century
National Tax Journal, 2015, 68, (2), 449-458 View citations (9)
Capital in the 21st century
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 2015, 55, (1), 36-46 View citations (4)
Capital, Inequality and Justice: Reflections on Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Basic Income Studies, 2015, 10, (1), 141-156 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Capital, Inequality and Justice: Reflections on Capital in the Twenty-First Century, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
Les métamorphoses du capital. Réflexions autour du Capital au XXI e siècle
Revue de l'OFCE, 2015, N° 137, (1), 9-29
Putting Distribution Back at the Center of Economics: Reflections on Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2015, 29, (1), 67-88 View citations (68)
See also Working Paper Putting Distribution Back at the Center of Economics: Reflections on "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", Post-Print (2015) View citations (60) (2015)

2014

Capital is Back: Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries 1700–2010
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129, (3), 1255-1310 View citations (571)
See also Working Paper Capital is Back: Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries 1700–2010, Post-Print (2014) View citations (637) (2014)
Inherited vs self-made wealth: Theory & evidence from a rentier society (Paris 1872–1927)
Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 51, (C), 21-40 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper Inherited vs self-made wealth: Theory & evidence from a rentier society (Paris 1872-1927), PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2014) View citations (42) (2014)
Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6, (1), 230-71 View citations (422)
See also Working Paper Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2014) View citations (362) (2014)
Éléments de réponse à Gaël Giraud
Revue française de socio-Economie, 2014, n° 13, (1), 295-296

2013

A Theory of Optimal Inheritance Taxation
Econometrica, 2013, 81, (5), 1851-1886 View citations (143)
See also Working Paper A Theory of Optimal Inheritance Taxation, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2013) View citations (123) (2013)
The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013, 27, (3), 3-20 View citations (378)
See also Working Paper The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (378) (2013)
Top Incomes and the Great Recession: Recent Evolutions and Policy Implications
IMF Economic Review, 2013, 61, (3), 456-478 View citations (107)
See also Working Paper Top Incomes and the Great Recession: Recent Evolutions and Policy Implications, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2013) View citations (85) (2013)

2012

Commentaire de l'article d'Henri Sterdyniak. « Lecture critique de l'ouvrage pour une révolution fiscale »
Revue de l'OFCE, 2012, n° 122, (3), 145-151

2011

12. Penser la fiscalité du xxi e siècle
Regards croisés sur l'économie, 2011, n° 10, (2), 159-170
On the Long-Run Evolution of Inheritance: France 1820--2050
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (3), 1071-1131 View citations (212)
See also Working Paper On the Long-Run Evolution of Inheritance: France 1820-2050, Post-Print (2011) View citations (175) (2011)
Top Incomes in the Long Run of History
Journal of Economic Literature, 2011, 49, (1), 3-71 View citations (1452)
See also Working Paper Top Incomes in the Long Run of History, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2011) View citations (1231) (2011)

2009

Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (2), 53-63 View citations (70)
See also Working Paper Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2009) View citations (41) (2009)

2007

How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (1), 3-24 View citations (180)
See also Working Paper How progressive is the US federal tax system? A historical and international perspective, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2007) View citations (168) (2007)

2006

The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective
American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 200-205 View citations (302)
See also Working Paper The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (304) (2006)
Wealth Concentration in a Developing Economy: Paris and France, 1807–1994
American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (1), 236-256 View citations (106)
See also Working Paper Wealth concentration ina developing economy: Paris and France, 1807-1994, Post-Print (2006) View citations (144) (2006)

2005

Top Income Shares in the Long Run: An Overview
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 382-392 View citations (50)
See also Working Paper Top income sares in the long run: An overview, Post-Print (2005) (2005)
Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000
The World Bank Economic Review, 2005, 19, (1), 1-20 View citations (60)
See also Working Paper Top Indian incomes, 1922-2000, Post-Print (2005) View citations (53) (2005)

2003

Income Inequality in France, 1901-1998
Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 111, (5), 1004-1042 View citations (247)
Income Inequality in the United States, 1913–1998
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2003, 118, (1), 1-41 View citations (924)

2000

Voting as Communicating
The Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (1), 169-191 View citations (97)

1999

Can fiscal redistribution undo skill-biased technical change?: Evidence from the French experience
European Economic Review, 1999, 43, (4-6), 839-851 View citations (1)
Dualism and Macroeconomic Volatility
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999, 114, (4), 1359-1397 View citations (270)
See also Working Paper Dualism and Macroeconomic Volatility, Scholarly Articles (1999) View citations (272) (1999)
Les hauts revenus face aux modifications des taux marginaux supérieurs de l'impôt sur le revenu en France, 1970-1996
Économie et Prévision, 1999, 138, (2), 25-60 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Les hauts revenus face aux modifications des taux marginaux supérieurs de l'impôt sur le revenu en France: 1970-1996, CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange) (1998) View citations (3) (1998)
The information-aggregation approach to political institutions
European Economic Review, 1999, 43, (4-6), 791-800 View citations (55)

1998

L'emploi dans les services en France et aux États-Unis: une analyse structurelle sur longue période
Économie et Statistique, 1998, 318, (1), 73-99 View citations (3)
L'impact des incitations financières au travail sur les comportements individuels: une estimation pour le cas français
Économie et Prévision, 1998, 132, (1), 1-35 View citations (50)
Self-fulfilling beliefs about social status
Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 70, (1), 115-132 View citations (59)

1997

Immigration et justice sociale
Revue Économique, 1997, 48, (5), 1291-1309 View citations (8)
La redistribution fiscale face au chômage
Revue Française d'Économie, 1997, 12, (1), 157-201 View citations (41)
The Dynamics of the Wealth Distribution and the Interest Rate with Credit Rationing
The Review of Economic Studies, 1997, 64, (2), 173-189 View citations (385)

1996

A federal voting mechanism to solve the fiscal-externality problem
European Economic Review, 1996, 40, (1), 3-17 View citations (20)

1995

Social Mobility and Redistributive Politics
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (3), 551-584 View citations (870)
See also Working Paper Social Mobility and Redistributive Politics, Working papers (1994) View citations (3) (1994)

1994

Existence of fair allocations in economies with production
Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 55, (3), 391-405 View citations (9)

1993

Implementation of First-Best Allocations via Generalized Tax Schedules
Journal of Economic Theory, 1993, 61, (1), 23-41 View citations (21)

Books

2010

Income Taxation, Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar (TAPES)
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Edited books

2014

The Economics of Rising Inequalities
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press
Top Incomes Over the Twentieth Century: A Contrast Between Continental European and English-Speaking Countries
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (2)
Top Incomes: A Global Perspective
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (7)

2010

Top Incomes: A Global Perspective
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (403)

2007

Top Incomes Over the Twentieth Century: A Contrast Between Continental European and English-Speaking Countries
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (588)

2002

The Economics of Rising Inequalities
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (7)

Chapters

2000

Theories of persistent inequality and intergenerational mobility
Chapter 08 in Handbook of Income Distribution, 2000, vol. 1, pp 429-476 View citations (128)

1998

Income Distribution Theory: A Survey of Selected Recent Contributions
Palgrave Macmillan

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