OECD Economics Department Working Papers

ISSN :
1815-1973 (en ligne)
DOI :
10.1787/18151973
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Working papers from the Economics Department of the OECD that cover the full range of the Department’s work including the economic situation, policy analysis and projections; fiscal policy, public expenditure and taxation; and structural issues including ageing, growth and productivity, migration, environment, human capital, housing, trade and investment, labour markets, regulatory reform, competition, health, and other issues.
 

Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are they Compatible? Part 4. Top Incomes You or your institution have access to this content

Auteur(s):
Peter Hoeller
Date de publication
09 jan 2012
Bibliographic information
N°:
927
Pages
19
DOI
10.1787/5k9h28wm6qmn-en

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Over the past decades, top incomes have soared, especially in the English-speaking countries. Despite a considerable amount of research on top income developments, there is still substantial disagreement about the causes for their rapid increase. Potential explanations include changes in taxation, technical progress, globalisation and changes in way the remuneration of top income recipients is set.
Mots-clés:
globalisation, top incomes, income inequality, taxation, technological change
Classification JEL:
  • D31: Microeconomics / Distribution / Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions