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1 Income Inequality in France, : Evidence from Distributional National Accounts (DINA) Bertrand Garbinti 1, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret 2 and Thomas Piketty 2 1 Paris School of Economics, Crest, and Banque de France, 2 Paris School of Economics April, 4th / 61

2 Motivation 1 Previous work on long run income inequality trends in France (Piketty 2001, 2003, Landais 2007) focus on top income shares (top 10%, top 1%) and on fiscal income 2 Here we extend existing series up to 2013, and most importantly we combine fiscal data with national accounts and surveys in order to produce series covering the entire income distribution (from bottom to top) and all forms of labor and capital incomes (taxable and tax exempt) 2 / 61

3 The DINA project Part of a broader multi-country project: World Wealth and Income database Distributional National Accounts (DINA) Provide long-term series on distribution of income and wealth Homogeneous across countries and over time Consistent with National Income and Wealth Accounts Covering all the distribution from bottom to top US: Piketty, Saez, Zucman (2016), Sweden: Lundberg and Waldenström (2016), UK: Alvaredo, Atkinson and Morelli (2016), Spain: Toledano (2016)... For France: two papers Last month: Wealth Today: Income 3 / 61

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5 Literature Previous attemps to combine distributional tax data to national accounts: US: King (1927, 1930), Kutznets (1941, 1953), Piketty & Saez (2003) France: Piketty (2001,2003), Landais (2007), Landais, Piketty and Saez (2011) Some progress using tax data, but insufficient Tax data miss tax exempt income Silent on post-tax and transfer income Silent on distribution of the bottom 90 Other attempts to combine surveys with NA: OECD (Fesseau, Wolff and Mattonetti (2012), Fesseau and Mattonetti (2013) ); National level: France: Bellamy and ali (2009), US: Fixler et al. (2015),... Need for combining tax data, surveys and National Accounts in a more systematic way: Distributional National Accounts (DINA) 5 / 61

6 This paper We combine income tax data covering period with national accounts, survey data and inheritance tax data in order to produce: consistent unified income inequality series for France (and for wealth inequality series) detailed breakdown by age, gender, income and asset categories for / 61

7 Main Findings 1 We confirm and update previous findings about long run inequality dynamics: huge fall , rise , decline , rise Recent decades: moderate rise, except at the very top; reinforcing impact of missing capital income and changing family structure 2 Long run inequality fall: entirely due to fall in concentration of wealth and capital income. But rising inequality of saving rates and rates of return could lead to further increase in wealth concentration in coming decades. Steady-state simulations 3 Declining gender inequality... but not so much for high wages 4 France vs US: much bigger rise in inequality in the US; bottom 50% real income is now much smaller in the US than in France 7 / 61

8 Outline of the talk Data and methodology The long-run picture The role of capital income and wealth concentration Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality France vs US and the bottom 50% Conclusion and perspectives 8 / 61

9 Outline Data and methodology The long-run picture The role of capital income and wealth concentration Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality France vs US and the bottom 50% Conclusion and perspectives 9 / 61

10 Data and methodology (1/2) Income tax returns: Income tax created in 1914, first applied in 1915 Finance Ministry estimate for 1900 and 1910 Annual exhaustive tabulations from 1915 to 2013 Microfiles from 1970 to 2012 ERFS surveys: 1970, 1975, 1979, 1984 (40,000 tax units) Annual from 1988 (400,000 tax units per year, all top incomes included) Exhaustive for recent years ( ) National account series INSEE (French national statistical institute) annual series Historical series since 1820 provided by Piketty-Zucman (2014) Household surveys: Wealth surveys ( Enquete Patrimoine ) 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010 Housing surveys ( Enquete Logement ) 1970, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2006 and / 61

11 Data and methodology (2/2) We start from income tax micro-files Using income tax tabulations , we apply generalized Pareto interpolation techniques (Fournier 2016; = non-parametric generalization of techniques used in historical income distribution literature: Kuznets 1953, Piketty 2001, etc.) in order to generate series by income percentiles (from bottom to top) : results are quasi-identical to micro-files series over period details We impute tax-exempt labor and capital incomes (including imputed rent, retained earnings, corporate tax, etc.) using national accounts and wealth and housing surveys Preferred series: distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unemployment insurance), among adults (equal-split series: income of couples divided by two) We also compare with fiscal-income series and tax-units series, and fully individualized series Next step: after-tax after-transfers series (to be done) 11 / 61

12 Outline Data and methodology The long-run picture The role of capital income and wealth concentration Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality France vs US and the bottom 50% Conclusion and perspectives 12 / 61

13 The long-run picture (1/2) Long-run fall in inequality: top 10% income share dropped from about 50% in 1910 to about 35% in 2010, to the benefit of bottom 50% share (15% 20%) and middle 40% share (35% 45%) Uneven and chaotic process: huge inequality fall (capital shocks), rise (reconstruction of wage hierarchy and capital share), decline (compression of wage inequality, steep rise of minimum wage, declining capital shares), rise (reverse evolution as ) Rising top income inequality : moderate impact on top 10% income share, but very large impact on top 1% and top 0.1%. Exacerbates the perception of growth slowdown for the rest of the population (The 30 Glorious Years are not over for everyone). Drop in very top shares since 2008, but in 2013 they are still much higher than in 1980s. 13 / 61

14 The long run picture The uneven rise of per adult national income in France, ( 2014) Real growth rate : +1.9%/year : -0.1% : +3.7% : +0.9% Average national income per adult (2014) : National income divided by adult population. National income = GDP - capital depreciation + net foreign income. 14 / 61

15 TABLE 1 Income thresholds and income shares in France, 2013 Income group Number of adults Income threshold Average income Income share Full Population C C 100,0% Bottom 50% C C 22,4% Middle 40% C C 44,9% Top 10% C C 32,6% incl. Top 1% C C 10,8% incl. Top 0.1% C C 3,7% incl. Top 0.01% C C 1,3% incl. Top 0.001% C C 0,4% This table reports statistics on the distribution of national income in France in The unit is the adult individual (20-year-old and over; income of married couples is splitted into two). Fractiles are defined relative to the total number of adult individuals in the population. 15 / 61

16 The long run picture 55% Top 10% income share, France : long-run fall in inequality 50% 45% Average national income per adult (2014) : % % 30% 25% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 16 / 61

17 The long run picture 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% Income shares in France Top 10% Middle 40% Bottom 50% Average national income per adult (2014) : % Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 17 / 61

18 The long run picture 24% Top 1% income share in France % 20% Average national income per adult (2014) : % 16% 14% 12% % 8% 6% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 18 / 61

19 The long run picture Income shares 1983 = 100 Rising top income inequality in France, Top 0.1% Top 1% Top 10% Bottom 90% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl.insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 19 / 61

20 The long run picture 5,2% Top 0.1% income share in France ,8% 45x average 4,4% 4,0% 3,6% 3,2% 2,8% 2,4% 21x average x average 2,0% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl.insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 20 / 61

21 The long run picture 2,0% Top 0.01% income share in France ,8% 166x average 1,6% 1,4% 1,2% 1,0% x average 0,8% 0,6% 71x average 0,4% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl.insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 21 / 61

22 The long run picture Top labor incomes vs top capital incomes in France, Income shares 1983 = 100 Top 0,01% (capital income) Top 0,01% (labor income) Top 0.01% (total income) Distributions of total income, capital income and labor income among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 22 / 61

23 P20 P30 P40 P50 P60 P70 P80 P90 P99 P99,9 P99,99 Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc The long run picture 160% 140% 120% Total cumulated real growth in France, Top 0,01% incomes rose by 145% between 1983 and % 80% 60% Per adult median income rose by 30% between 1983 and % 20% 0% Total cumulated real growth of pre-tax per adult income by percentiles (growth incidence curves). Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 23 / 61

24 P20 P30 P40 P50 P60 P70 P80 P90 P99 P99,9 P99,99 Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc The long run picture 250% Total cumulated real growth by time periods in France 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% -50% % Total cumulated real growth of pre-tax per adult national income by percentiles (growth incidence curves). Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 24 / 61

25 P20 P30 P40 P50 P60 P70 P80 P90 P99 P99,9 P99,99 Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc The long run picture 5,0% Annual real growth rate by time periods in France 4,0% 3,0% 2,0% 1,0% 0,0% -1,0% ,0% Average annual real growth rates of pre-tax per adult income by percentiles (growth incidence curves). Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 25 / 61

26 P20 P30 P40 P50 P60 P70 P80 P90 P99 P99,9 P99,99 Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc The long run picture 4,0% Annual real growth rate by time periods in France 3,5% 3,0% 2,5% 2,0% ,5% 1,0% 0,5% 0,0% Average annual real growth rates of pre-tax per adult income by percentiles (growth incidence curves). Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 26 / 61

27 The long-run picture (2/2) New inequality series using national income show bigger rise in inequality than previous fiscal income series, because of rise of tax-exempt capital income (life insurance, retained earnings, capital gains, rent, etc.) Rising inequality would be even higher at the tax-unit level (rise of singles) than in our benchmark equal-split adult-level series (income of couples divided by two) 27 / 61

28 The long run picture 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% Income shares: national income vs fiscal income series Top 10% (national income) Top 10% (fiscal income) Top 1% (national income) Top 1% (fiscal income) 30% 25% 20% Rise of tax-exempt capital income 15% 10% 5% 0% Distribution of pretax national income (incl. tax-exempt labor and capital income) vs pretax fiscal income (reported on income tax returns). Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 28 / 61

29 The long run picture Income shares: equal-split-adults vs tax-units series 55% Top 10% (equal-split-adults) 50% Top 10% (tax-units) Top 1% (equal-split-adults) 45% Top 1% (tax-units) 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% Rise of singles 15% 10% 5% 0% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two) vs tax-units series (singles and married couples). 29 / 61

30 Outline Data and methodology The long-run picture The role of capital income and wealth concentration Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality France vs US and the bottom 50% Conclusion and perspectives 30 / 61

31 The role of capital income and wealth concentration 1 Long-run fall in income inequality is entirely due to the fall of top capital incomes: inequality of labor income did not change in the long run 2 Capital income has always been the main income source for very top incomes (including today); but because of the decline of capital concentration, the level of top capital incomes has dropped 3 Wealth inequality is still much higher than income inequality today: top 10% share around 60-70% for wealth and capital income, vs 35% for total income and 25% for labor income 31 / 61

32 55% Top 10% income share: total income vs labor income inequality 50% 45% Top 10% share (total income) Top 10% share (labor income) 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 32 / 61

33 24% Top 1% income share: the fall of top capital incomes 22% 20% 18% Top 1% share (total income) Top 1% share (labor income) 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 33 / 61

34 100% Income composition by income level, France % 80% Capital income (Interest,dividends,rents,..) 70% 60% 50% 40% Labor income (Wages and pensions) Mixed income (Self-employed) 30% 20% 10% % P0-30 P30-40 P40-50 P50-60 P60-70 P70-80 P80-90 P90-95 P95-99 P P99.5- P99.9- Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 34 / 61

35 100% 95% 90% 85% 80% Top 10% share: total income vs labour vs capital income vs wealth Top 10% share (capital income) Top 10% share (wealth) Top 10% share (total income) Top 10% share (labor income) 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% Distribution of total income, labor income, capital income and net wealth among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income and wealth of married couples divided by two). 35 / 61

36 65% 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% Top 1% share: total income vs labour vs capital income vs wealth Top 1% share (capital income) Top 1% share (wealth) Top 1% share (total income) Top 1% share (labor income) 0% Distribution of total income, labor income, capital income and net wealth among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income and wealth of married couples divided by two). 36 / 61

37 Average fractiles of wealth Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc Labor income rank vs mean wealth rank Fractiles of labor income 37 / 61

38 45% 40% 35% 30% Probability for top labor earners to belong to the top 1% wealth group Top 0,5% labor earners have a 39% probability to belong to top 1% wealth group Top 0,5% labor earners have a 23% probability to belong to top 1% wealth group 25% 20% 15% 10% Top 0.5% Top 1% Top 10-1% Middle 40% 5% 0% Fractiles of labor income 38 / 61

39 35% 30% Probability for top labor earners to belong to top 0.5% wealth group Top 0,5% labor earners have a 31% probability to belong to top 0,5% wealth group 25% 20% Top 0,5% labor earners have a 15% probability to belong to top 0,5% wealth group 15% 10% Top 0.5% Top 1% Top 10-1% Middle 40% 5% 0% / 61

40 Outline Data and methodology The long-run picture The role of capital income and wealth concentration Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality France vs US and the bottom 50% Conclusion and perspectives 40 / 61

41 Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality For subperiod , we have detailed breakdown by age and gender Age patterns did not change very much: age-labor income profile is always steeply rising (although less strongly than age-capital income and age-wealth profiles), and income inequality very high within each age group (like wealth) Main change over the period: large rise of female labor market participation, decline of gender inequality, but still very high at the top 41 / 61

42 Average income by age (% average income 20+) Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc 180% Age-Income profile in France by age, % 140% 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% % 0% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 42 / 61

43 Average labor income by age (% average labor income 20+) Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc 180% Age-Labor income profile in France by age, % 140% 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% % 0% Distribution of pretax labor income (incl. pensions, unempl. insurance and 70% of mixed income) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 43 / 61

44 Average capital income by age (% average capital income 20+) Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc 180% Age-Capital income profile in France by age, % 140% 120% 100% 80% % 40% 20% 0% Distribution of pretax capital income (incl. 30% of mixed income) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 44 / 61

45 Income concentration by age group, France % 55% Top 10% (all ages) Middle 40% (all ages) Bottom 50% (all ages) Top 10% (20-39-yr) Middle 40% (20-39-yr) Bottom 50% (20-39-yr) Top 10% (40-59-yr) Middle 40% (40-59-yr) Bottom 50% (40-59-yr) Top 10% (60-yr+) Middle 40% (60-yr+) Bottom 50% (60-yr+) 45% 35% 25% 15% 5% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 45 / 61

46 1,7 Gender gap by age, France ,6 1,5 1,4 1,3 1, Ratio between average labor income of men and women by age (incl. non participants). Labor income includes wages, pensions, unemploy. insurance and 70% of mixed income. 46 / 61

47 4,0 Gender gap by age, France ,5 3, ,5 2,0 1,5 1, Ratio between average labor income of men and women by age (incl. non participants). Labor income includes wages, pensions, unemploy. insurance and 70% of mixed income. 47 / 61

48 100% Labor market participation by gender, France % 80% men 70% Women 60% 50% 40% Fraction of men and women 25-to-65-year-old with positive labor income. Labor income includes wages, pensions, unemploy. insurance and 70% of mixed income. 48 / 61

49 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% Share of women in fractiles of top labor incomes in France, Top 50% Top 10% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% Top 1% Top 0.1% Share of women in top 1%: 10% in 1994, 16% in 2012, 50% by 2102? Top 0.1%: 50% by 2144? 0% / 61

50 45% Figure 16: Income shares in France: equal-split income vs individual income 40% 35% 30% 25% Top 10% (equal-split income) Top 10% (individual income) Bottom 50% (equal-split income) Bottom 50% (individual income) 20% 15% Rise of female participation 10% Distribution of pretax national income: equal-split income series (income of married couples divided by two) vs individual income series (capital income of married income divided by two, but labor income allocated to each individual). 50 / 61

51 Outline Data and methodology The long-run picture The role of capital income and wealth concentration Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality France vs US and the bottom 50% Conclusion and perspectives 51 / 61

52 France vs US and the bottom 50% 1 Top income shares increased much more in the US than in France since the 1980s 2 Complex combination of factors: education system (more unequal in the US?), labor market rules (fall in US minimum wage), changing governance and incentives for top executive pay-setting (huge fall in US top income tax rates). Not analyzed here (see Piketty 2014) 3 Distribution matters: per adult national income is 25% smaller in France (more hours of work in the US, similar productivity), but bottom 50% average income is 30% higher in France 4 This would probably be reinforced if we look at after-tax after-transfer inequality (to be done). But it is interesting to see that this is already the case for pre-tax pre-transfers inequality. More generally, long-term changes in inequality reflect large changes in both pretax inequality (itself influenced by policies and institutions) and after-tax inequality 52 / 61

53 120% 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Average income and productivity: France vs USA, GDP per hour of work: France/USA National income per adult: France/USA France: 55.5 USA : 55.2 Ratio : 101% France: USA : Ratio : 67% 20% Ratios France/USA for GDP per hour of work (OECD series) and per adult national income (WID.world). Both series are expressed in PPP / 61

54 55% Top 10 % income shares: France vs USA, (PPP) 50% USA 45% France 40% 35% 30% % Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 54 / 61

55 25% Top 1 % income shares: France vs US, (PPP) 20% USA France 15% 10% % Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 55 / 61

56 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% Top 10 % and bottom 50% income shares: France vs US, Top 10% USA (PPP) Top 10% France Bottom 50% France Bottom 50% USA % 15% (PPP) 10% Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 56 / 61

57 Bottom 50% real income (2014 euros PPP): France vs US, Bottom 50% USA Bottom 50% France Distribution of pretax national income (before all taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 57 / 61

58 P20 P30 P40 P50 P60 P70 P80 P90 P99 P99,9 P99,99 Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc 400% Total cumulated real growth: France vs U.S, % 300% 250% France 200% U.S 150% 100% 50% 0% Total cumulated real growth of pre-tax per adult national income by percentiles (growth incidence curves). Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 58 / 61

59 P20 P30 P40 P50 P60 P70 P80 P90 P99 P99,9 P99,99 Methods Long run Capital Gender France vs US Conc 5% Annual real growth: France vs U.S, % 3% France U.S 2% 1% 0% Average annual real growth rates of pre-tax per adult income by percentiles (growth incidence curves). Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). 59 / 61

60 Outline Data and methodology The long-run picture The role of capital income and wealth concentration Labor income: the limited decline of gender inequality France vs US and the bottom 50% Conclusion and perspectives 60 / 61

61 Conclusion and perspectives 1 Main contribution: by combining fiscal data, national accounts and survey data, we have constructed "Distributional national accounts" (DINA) for France, i.e. unified series for the distribution of total income, labor income, capital income and wealth over the period 2 We observe large changes in inequality, both over time and across countries, largely due to different institutions and public policies. Inequality is political, not natural 3 This work is due to be extended to lots of countries: World wealth and income database 61 / 61

62 Appendix Appendix 62 / 61

63 Appendix 55% Figure C3. Income shares: tabulations vs micro-files (equal-split individuals, fiscal income excl. cap.gains) 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% Top 10% (micro-files) Top 10% (tabulations) Middle 40% (micro-files) Middle 40% (tabulations) 5% Bottom 50% (micro-files) Bottom 50% (tabulations) 0% back 63 / 61

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