Inequality in Indonesia: What can we learn from top incomes?

dc.contributor.authorLeigh, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorvan der Eng, Pierre
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:42:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:23:20Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Using taxation and household survey data, this paper estimates top income shares for Indonesia during 1920-2004. Our results suggest that top income shares grew during the 1920s and 1930s, but fell in the post-war era. We observe a sharp rise in top income shares during the late-1990s, coinciding with the 1997-98 economic crisis. Where comparable data are available, top income shares in Indonesia are generally higher than in other countries, a finding that is at odds with the view that Indonesia is a relatively egalitarian society. This suggests that top income shares may provide a more complete picture of developing country inequality in comparative perspective.en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0047-2727
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/24624en_AU
dc.publisherPulp and Technical Association of Canada
dc.sourceJournal of Public Economics
dc.subjectKeywords: Indonesia; Inequality; Personal income taxation; Top incomes
dc.titleInequality in Indonesia: What can we learn from top incomes?
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2009
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage212
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage209
local.contributor.affiliationLeigh, Andrew, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationvan der Eng, Pierre, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidLeigh, Andrew, u4170357
local.contributor.authoruidvan der Eng, Pierre, u9114947
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor140202 - Economic Development and Growth
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4745358xPUB33
local.identifier.citationvolume93
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.09.005
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-57749186239
local.identifier.thomsonID000262875900015
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4745358
local.type.statusPublished Version

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