Like the other chapters in this volume of the Handbook of Income Distribution (and its
predecessor), the aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular …

We present an improved panel database of national household surveys between 1988 and
2008. In 2008, the global Gini index is around 70.5%, having declined by approximately 2 …

A recent literature has constructed top income shares time series over the long run for more
than twenty countries using income tax statistics. Top incomes represent a small share of the …

Indonesia has achieved moderately fast economic growth for most of the past 50 years. Has
this growth translated into rising living standards? This is the question that is addressed in …

This paper surveys the Indonesian economy and the drivers of socioeconomic development
over the past half‐century. It highlights the country's rapid economic development in the face …

The youth demographic is a large and growing cohort in Indonesia, and adolescents
embody the currents of social change. Throughout the twentieth century they were …

The political authority of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was bolstered in the third quarter
of 2015 by a cabinet reshuffle, his coalition's gaining a parliamentary majority, and several …

Esta tese usa tabulações do imposto de renda para construir novas séries históricas para a
concentração de renda no topo no Brasil. Entre 1926 e 2013, as frações recebidas pelos …

This chapter presents series of top income shares in Argentina between 1932 and 2004.
The use of long-run statistical information from the personal income tax, never exploited …

In this article, we consider the recent increase in inequality in Indonesia. We make new,
consistent estimates of expenditure inequality for 1993–2013, using several measures that …