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New paper on top incomes shares in the Netherlands
The new WID.word Working paper 2019/2, “Top Incomes, Income and Wealth Inequality in the Netherlands: The first 100 Years 1914–2014 – what’s next?” by Wiemer
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Australian top income shares extended from 1912 to 1920
The series of top shares of fiscal income for Australia have been extended in the database to cover years from 1912 to 1920. This is
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Update of top income share series for Australia
Australian top fiscal income share series have just been updated to 2016 by Roger Wilkins. The top 1% income share reached 9% in 2016 (click
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Rising inequalities and political cleavages in Spain on the verge of new elections
In this new issue brief (available in English and Spanish), Amory Gethin, Clara Martínez-Toledano and Marc Morgan look back at the co-evolution of inequalities and
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New paper on wealth-income ratios in India, 1860-2012
This new paper by Rishabh Kumar studies the metamorphoses of aggregate Indian wealth over fifteen politically transformative decades. Based on a comprehensive new database, the
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New paper on the evolution of income inequality in Europe, 1980-2017
In this new paper and in the accompanying issue brief (available in English, German, French and Spanish), Thomas Blanchet, Lucas Chancel and Amory Gethin estimate the
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Tackling inequality in India: Is the 2019 election campaign up to the challenge?
In this new issue brief entitled “Tackling inequality in India: Is the 2019 election campaign up to the challenge?” [English version | Hindi version], Nitin
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Extreme inequality, democratisation and the emergence of class conflicts in Thailand
In this new issue brief, Thanasak Jenmana and Amory Gethin analyse the link between inequality, political instability and class cleavages in Thailand in the context
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New paper on the long-run evolution of political cleavages in India
This new paper by Abhijit Banerjee, Amory Gethin and Thomas Piketty combines surveys, election results and social spending data to document a long-run evolution of political
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