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Income Inequality under Colonial Rule: Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920-1960
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Résumé |
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In this article we assess income inequality across French and British colonial empires between 1920 and 1960. For the first time, income tax tabulations are exploited to assess the case studies of French Algeria, Tunisia, Cameroon, and Vietnam, which we compare to British colonies and dominions. As measured by top income shares, inequality was high in colonies. It fell after WWII, but stabilized at much higher levels than in mainland France or the United Kingdom in the 1950s. European settlers or expatriates comprised the bulk of top income earners, and only a minority of autochthons could compete in terms of income, particularly in Africa. Top income shares were no higher in settlement colonies, not only because those territories were wealthier but also because the average European settler was less rich than the average European expatriate. Inequality between Europeans in colonies was similar to (or even below) that of the metropoles. In settlement colonies, the post-WWII fall in income inequality can be explained by a fall in inequality between Europeans, mirroring that of the metropoles, and does not imply that the European/autochthon income gap was reduced.
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Auteur(s)
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Facundo Alvaredo
1, 2, 3
, Denis Cogneau
1, 2
, Thomas Piketty
1, 2, 3
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
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PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UMR8545 ( 7550 )
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
;
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
;
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
;
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
;
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement UMR1393 ( 577435 )
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WIL -
World Inequality Lab
( 1006727 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Date de production/écriture |
2020-07
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O55 - Africa
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O53 - Asia including Middle East
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
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N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
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N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy/N.N3.N35 - Asia including Middle East
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N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy/N.N3.N37 - Africa • Oceania
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Référence interne |
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World Inequality Lab Working Papers n°2020-14
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Mots-clés |
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Inequality, Top incomes, Colonialism, Africa, Asia
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