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Climate change & the global inequality of carbon emissions
Climate change & the global inequality of carbon emissions, 1990-2020 In this study, Lucas Chancel estimates global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inequality between 1990 and
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Can Redistribution Keep Up with Inequality?
Can Redistribution Keep Up with Inequality? Evidence from South Africa, 1993-2019 In this paper, Aroop Chatterjee, Léo Czajka and Amory Gethin shed new light on
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Discover our new website: InequalityLab.world
We are thrilled to announce that the World Inequality Lab has launched a new website: www.inequalitylab.world. The aim of this website is to
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Article by Facundo Alvaredo, Denis Cogneau and Thomas Piketty published in the Journal of Development Economics
The article “Income inequality under colonial rule. Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920–1960”, by Facundo
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New book: “Brève histoire de l’égalité”, by Thomas Piketty (French)
« Les questions économiques sont trop importantes pour être laissées à une petite classe de spécialistes et de dirigeants. La réappropriation citoyenne de ce savoir
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Newsletter | July 2021
? Book: “Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities” Who votes for whom and why? Why has growing inequality in many parts of the world not
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Global Income Inequality, 1820-2020
Global Income Inequality, 1820-2020: The Persistence and Mutation of Extreme Inequality In this paper, Lucas Chancel and Thomas Piketty mobilize newly available historical series from
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Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong
Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong, 1981-2020: The Rise of Pluto-Communism? In this paper, Thomas Piketty and Li Yang combine national accounts, household surveys,
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Top Income Adjustments and Inequality
Top Income Adjustments and Inequality: An Investigation of the EU-SILC In this paper, Rafael Carranza, Marc Morgan and Brian Nolan use the top income
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