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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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Jean Drèze receives 2026 “Global Inequality Research Award” during the World Inequality Conference in Paris
On Friday, 5 June 2026, Jean Drèze was awarded the Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA) during the World Inequality Conference organized at Paris School of
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Global Justice Report: the World Inequality Lab maps a path to €5,000-a-month average incomes for all countries within +1.8°C of warming
On June 4, the World Inequality Lab launched the Global Justice Report: a Plan for Equality and Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries, during the opening of
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Taxing Wealth & Enrichment: Lessons from the 1945–French ‘National Solidarity Levy’
Exceptional wealth taxes and capital levies have not yet received all the attention they deserve, notably because it is often assumed that most one-off wealth
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