Atkinson, Anthony B. (2011) Evidence on top incomes in Tanzania 1948-1970. Working paper, 11/0070. International Growth Centre, London, UK.
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Abstract
This paper examines one aspect of the historical income distribution in Tanzania – the shares of top incomes – using information published as a result of the administration of the individual income tax. Although tax data were employed in earlier studies of developing countries, they have tended in recent years to be rejected as a source. In one sense, this is not surprising. Income taxes only cover a part, sometimes a very small part, of the population. The resulting data cannot provide a picture of the overall distribution.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.theigc.org/node/1502 |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) Research centres and groups > International Growth Centre (IGC) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | 11/0070 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/36378/ |
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