<p>I have actually found an answer to my own question. In case anyone's interested, I found the data on the top 10%'s income share going back to 1913 on dr. Mark Frank's website - he collaborated on the construction WID. I suppose the series have gone missing / were excluded for some reason on the WID's platform? </p>

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<p>I want to use the U.S. data from the World Inequality Database for a VAR analysis. However, I am confused as to why the series for the top 10% income share only runs back to 1962, while the series for the top 10% average income runs back to 1913. As there is data on total national income that runs back even farther, why has the 10% income share not been computed? I looked at some of the documentation but couldn't find an answer.</p>

<p><a href="https://wid.world/data/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://wid.world/data/</a></p>

<p>I realize this is a very specific question. I am hoping someone closely acquainted with the data, or even someone who worked on the data, might be able to help. Thank you.  </p>

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World Inequality Database: Top 10% Income Share U.S. vs. Top 10% Average Income
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# World Inequality Database: Top 10% Income Share U.S. vs. Top 10% Average Income

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-03)

I want to use the U.S. data from the World Inequality Database for a VAR analysis. However, I am confused as to why the series for the top 10% income share only runs back to 1962, while the series for the top 10% average income runs back to 1913. As there is data on total national income that runs back even farther, why has the 10% income share not been computed? I looked at some of the documentation but couldn't find an answer.

<https://wid.world/data/>

I realize this is a very specific question. I am hoping someone closely acquainted with the data, or even someone who worked on the data, might be able to help. Thank you.

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### Answer by username_0 on 2019-03-03. Score: 1

I have actually found an answer to my own question. In case anyone's interested, I found the data on the top 10%'s income share going back to 1913 on dr. Mark Frank's website - he collaborated on the construction WID. I suppose the series have gone missing / were excluded for some reason on the WID's platform?

<https://www.shsu.edu/~eco_mwf/inequality.html>


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