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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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New paper on top income inequality in Belgium, 1990-2013
This new paper by André Decoster, Koen Dedobbeleer and Sebastiaan Maes documents the evolution of top income inequality in Belgium using tax tabulations and national accounts data. Their results
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New paper on support for inheritance taxation
This new paper by Spencer Bastani and Daniel Waldenström studies how attitudes to inheritance taxation are influenced by information about the role of inherited wealth in society.
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Publication of the Commitment to Equity Handbook
This new book edited by Nora Lustig is a how-to guide for assessing the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty. It can
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New paper on simplified distributional national accounts (WID.world Working Paper 2019/01)
This new paper by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman proposes a simplified methodology to estimate income inequality by combining surveys, tax data and
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