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The Rich, the Affluent and the Top Incomes: A Literature Review

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  • Medeiros, Marcelo
  • Ferreira de Souza, Pedro H.G.

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We review the literature about the rich, the affluent and the top incomes focusing in two issues: identification and measurement, and the analysis of the determinants of richness. The review discusses data sources, indicators, populations and units of analysis used for the identification of the rich, approaches used to construct affluence lines and measures of richness. It also surveysempirical results about the composition of the incomes of the rich and the role of direct determinants of richness, such as individual characteristics, the State and the structure of production. We cover literature since the early twentieth century but give special attention to the research conducted after the 2000s.

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  • Medeiros, Marcelo & Ferreira de Souza, Pedro H.G., 2014. "The Rich, the Affluent and the Top Incomes: A Literature Review," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt6070n04v, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.
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    1. Guido Alfani, 2017. "The rich in historical perspective: evidence for preindustrial Europe (ca. 1300–1800)," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 11(3), pages 321-348, September.

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