Indian Income Inequality, 1922‐2015: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj?
Indian Income Inequality, 1922‐2015: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj?
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Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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We combine household surveys and national accounts, as well as recently released tax data to track the dynamics of Indian income inequality from 1922 to 2015. According to our benchmark estimates, the top 1 percent of earners captured less than 21 percent of total income in the late 1930s, before dropping to 6 percent in the early 1980s and rising...
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Indian Income Inequality, 1922‐2015: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj?
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_halshs_02491765v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_halshs_02491765v1
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0034-6586
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1475-4991
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10.1111/roiw.12439
