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Global Land Inequality
Global Land Inequality Agricultural land is vital for three out of four of the poorest billion individuals in the world. Yet little is known about
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Capital Gains and U.K. Inequality
Capital Gains and UK Inequality Aggregate taxable capital gains in UK have tripled in past decades. These taxable gains are largely repackaged income, so their
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What Determines the Capital Share?
What Determines the Capital Share over the Long Run of History? This paper, written by Erik Bengtsson, Enrico Rubolino and Daniel Waldenström, explores how the
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Coronabonds with or without Germany
Coronabonds with or without Germany This paper, written by Lucas Chancel, explores the rationale and feasibility of debt mutualization among Eurozone countries, ie Coronabonds (e.g.
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Green Welfare States in Developing Countries
The Quest for Green Welfare States in Developing Countries In this paper, Tancrède Voituriez provides a typology of green welfare states or “ecostates” in developing
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Wealth distribution in South Africa
How unequal is the wealth distribution in South Africa? In this paper, Aroop Chatterjee, Léo Czajka and Amory Gethin estimate the distribution of personal wealth
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Wealth inequality dynamics
How to measure wealth inequality dynamics? In this paper, Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret and Thomas Piketty present a new method to estimate wealth inequality. They
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How have inequalities in educational spending in the US evolved over the past five decades?
Are educational spending in the US more or less equally distributed than in the past ? This working paper by Cécile Bonneau aims to describe
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2019 WIL’s activity report is available
We are glad to share with you the World Inequality Lab 2019 activity report Overview Extension of the World Inequality Database, in particular in
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