Variable: Top 1% income share

QoG Code: (top_top1_income_share)


Dataset: World Inequality Database

Description:

Income share of the top 1% of the population. This refers to the share of pre-tax national income among equal-split adults for the top 1% in each country-year.

The pre-tax national income is the sum of all pre-tax personal income flows accruing to the owners of the production factors, labor and capital, before taking into account the operation of the tax/transfer system, but after taking into account the operation of pension system.

The central difference between personal factor income and pre-tax income is the treatment of pensions, which are counted on a contribution basis by factor income and on a distribution basis by pre-tax income. The population is comprised of individuals over age 20. The base unit is the individual (rather than the household) but resources are split equally within couples.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-24
Last updated by source: 2021-12-07


Categories:

Public Economy


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 172
Basic time-series: 178
Standard cross-section: 172
Standard time-series: 178
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 40

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2022
Basic time-series: 1946-2022
OECD time-series: 1946-2022

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