Table A7
Comparison of Piketty and Saez’s results with Sommeiller and Price’s U.S. results
From Table 1. Income growth from 2009 to 2012, overall and for the top 1% and bottom 99%, U.S. and by state and region
Average real income growth | Share of total growth (or loss) captured by top 1% | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Source | Overall | Top 1% | Bottom 99% | |
Sommeiller and Price | 6.3% | 36.8% | -0.4% | 105.5% |
Piketty and Saez | 6.0% | 31.4% | 0.4% | 94.8% |
From Table 2. Ratio of top 1% income to bottom 99% income, U.S. and by state and region, 2012
Source | Average income of the bottom 99% | Average income of the top 1% | Top-to-bottom ratio |
---|---|---|---|
Sommeiller and Price | $43,713 | $1,303,198 | 29.8 |
Piketty and Saez | $44,071 | $1,264,065 | 28.7 |
From Table 3. Income threshold of top 1% and top .01%, and average income of top .01%, U.S. and by state and region, 2012
Source | Income threshold of top 1% | Income threshold of top .01% | Average income of top .01% |
---|---|---|---|
Sommeiller and Price | $385,195 | $9,912,787 | $34,739,488 |
Piketty and Saez | $393,941 | $10,256,235 | $30,785,699 |
From Table 4. Income growth from 1979 to 2007, overall and for the top 1% and bottom 99%, U.S. and by state and region
Average real income growth | Share of total growth (or loss) captured by top 1% | |||
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Source | Overall | Top 1% | Bottom 99% | |
Sommeiller and Price | 36.9% | 200.5% | 18.9% | 53.9% |
Piketty and Saez | 37.3% | 224.0% | 16.6% | 59.8% |
From Table 5. Top 1% share of all income, U.S. and by state and region, 1928, 1979, 2007
Change in income share of the top 1% (percentage points) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source | 1928 | 1979 | 2007 | 1928–1979 | 1979–2007 |
Sommeiller and Price | 23.4% | 9.9% | 21.8% | -13.4 | 11.8 |
Piketty and Saez | 23.9% | 9.0% | 19.6% | -15.0 | 10.7 |
Note: Data are for tax units.
Source: Authors’ analysis of state-level tax data from Sommeiller (2006) extended to 2012 using state-level data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012)
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