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Evidence from Unique Swiss Tax Data on the Composition and Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth
(2022)Studies in Income and Wealth ~ Measuring and Understanding the Distribution and Intra/Inter-Generational Mobility of Income and WealthI compose a unique, new data set using individual income and wealth tax data from eight Swiss cantons. I describe the data in detail and show that it is representative for Switzerland as a whole. Next, I present a set of empirical facts regarding the distribution of wealth and income in Switzerland. I shed light on the composition of wealth and income along the distribution, including the very top. I find substantial heterogeneity in the ...Conference Paper