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Local Political Effects of Peru’s Land Reform
Who gets to compete for political power? Can historically excluded groups build the capacity to do it under autocracy? In Peru, the historical concentration of
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ERC Synergy Grant awarded to World Inequality Lab to study how inequality shapes and is shaped by deep decarbonization
The World Inequality Lab has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant to launch Global Inequality Patterns for Development and Deep Decarbonization
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Spanish Tax on Large Fortunes raises over €600 million in revenue and reduces Madrid’s tax privileges
Since 2011, Madrid has enjoyed a significant tax advantage over other Spanish regions by effectively eliminating its regional wealth tax, helping to attract wealthy individuals
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Preferences for Inheritance Taxation in Europe: Experimental Evidence on Vertical Equity and Public Debt
Inheritance taxation is central to debates over wealth concentration, intergenerational mobility, and public finance, but there is ongoing debate about what tax rates the public
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Who Bears the Cost of Air Pollution? How Pollution Shocks Widen Socio-Economic Gaps in Educational Achievement
Education plays a major role in shaping lifetime opportunities, yet the mechanisms through which environmental factors contribute to educational inequality remain poorly understood. While disadvantaged
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The Carbon Content of Billionaire Wealth: Composition, Concentration, and Taxation
While increasing evidence highlights large disparities in emissions between and within countries, detailed individual-level data on emissions portfolios remain scarce. In this paper, Krystian Bua,
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Forms of Ethnic Inequality: Findings from India
Existing research on ethnic politics has largely focused on economic inequality between groups. This paper argues that other forms of inequality also matter and develops
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Politics of Dignity: How Status Inequality shaped Redistributive Politics in India
How does social hierarchy affect redistribution? Mainstream theories of welfare politics explain redistribution through the material interests of social classes, assuming wealthier groups oppose redistribution
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Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data,1870–1970
Why did income inequality decline so dramatically during the twentieth century? Existing explanations often emphasise progressive taxation, welfare state expansion, or the economic disruptions caused
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