Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the New Edition vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Why Study Top Incomes? 1
6. Part One: The Evolution of Income Inequality in France in the Twentieth Century
7. A Fivefold Increase in “Average” Purchasing Power in the Twentieth Century 27
8. The Evolution of the Level and Composition of Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century 83
9. Wage Inequality in France in the Twentieth Century 164
10. Part Two: Top Incomes and Redistribution in France in the Twentieth Century
11. Income Tax Legislation from 1914 to 1998 227
12. Who Paid What? 333
13. Part Three: France and the Kuznets Curve
14. Was the “End of the Rentiers” a Tax Illusion? 397
15. How Does France Compare with Foreign Experiences? 460
16. Conclusion: Top Incomes in France at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century 517
17. Appendix A: The Raw Statistical Tables Compiled by the Tax Administration from Income Tax Returns (1915–1998 Tax Years) 525
18. Appendix B: Methodology and Results of Estimates Based on Income Tax Return Statistics (1915–1998 Tax Years) 606
19. Appendix C: Complementary Data on Income Tax Legislation 742
20. Appendix D: Raw Data, Methodology, and Results of Estimates Based on Statistics from Employer Wage Declarations (1919–1938, 1947, and 1950–1998 Wages) 762
21. Appendix E: Estimating Consistent Series for the Blue-Collar Wage and the Average Wage over the Long Run (1900–1998) 810
22. Appendix F: Consumption Price Indexes (1900–1998) 835
23. Appendix G: Methodology and Results of the Estimates Based on the National Accounts Series (1900–1998) 843
24. Appendix H: Population, Households, and Socioprofessional Structure, 1900–1998 910
25. Appendix I: Estimates of the Income Distribution in Twentieth-Century France 933
26. Appendix J: Raw Data, Methodology, and Results of Estimates Based on the Statistics Derived from Bequest Declarations (1902–1994 Bequests) 956
27. Appendix K: Raw Data, Methodology, and Estimates Based on Statistics on the Distribution of Parisian Rents (1889, 1901, and 1911 rents) 1013
28. Notes 1023
29. Works Cited 1205
30. Contents in Detail 1221
31. Tables and Illustrations 1227
32. Index 1239