Based on pioneering research on top incomes, this volume uses data from income tax records in 10 OECD countries over the past century to cast new light on the dramatic changes that have taken place among top earners. The volume provides rich material for exploring inequality, taxation, the impact of wars, and executive compensation.

Sir Tony Atkinson has been Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1994 to 2005. He was previously Tooke Professor at the London School of Economics, and founder Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. He has previously been President of the Econometric Society, of the European Economic Association, the Royal Economic Society, and the International Economic Association.
Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics at PSE and EHESS, Paris. He earned his PhD in 1993 at EHESS and LSE (European Doctoral Programme) and taught at MIT's Economics Department from 1993 to 1996, before returning to France. Thomas is also co-editor of the Journal of Public Economics and co-director of CEPR Public Policy Programme.

• 1: Thomas Piketty: Top Incomes over the Twentieth Century: A Summary of the Main Findings


• 2: A. B. Atkinson: Measuring Top Incomes: Methodological Issues


• 3: Thomas Piketty: Income, Wage, and Wealth Inequality in France, 1901-1998


• 4: A. B. Atkinson: The Distribution of Top Incomes in the United Kingdom, 1908-2000


• 5: Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez: Income and Wage Inequality in the United States, 1913-2002


• 6: Emmanuel Saez and Mike Veall: The Evolution of High Incomes in Canada, 1920-2000


• 7: A. B. Atkinson and Andrew Leigh: The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia


• 8: A. B. Atkinson and Andrew Leigh: The Distribution of Top Incomes in New Zealand


• 9: Fabien Dell: Top Incomes in Germany throughout the Twentieth Century, 1891-1998


• 10: Wiemer Salverda and A B Atkinson: Top Incomes in the Netherlands over the Twentieth Century


• 11: Fabien Dell, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez: Income and Wealth Concentration in Switzerland over the Twentieth Century


• 12: Brian Nolan: Long Term Trends in Top Income Shares in Ireland


• 13: A. B. Atkinson and Thomas Piketty: Towards a Unified Data Set on Top Incomes