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Top income shares series for Ireland updated to 2015
The series of top fiscal income shares for Ireland have been extended to 2015 by Brian Nolan. In 2015, the top 1% fiscal income share reached
ReadBrazil Divided: Hindsights on the Growing Politicization of Inequality (WID.world Issue Brief 2018/3)
In the third issue brief released by the World Inequality Lab, Amory Gethin and Marc Morgan combine inequality statistics and opinion polls to contextualize the
ReadNew paper on the evolution of top income inequality in Chile (WID.world Working Paper 2018/11)
This new paper by Jorge Atria, Ignacio Flores, Claudia Sanhueza and Ricardo Mayer presents new findings on the long-run evolution of top income inequality in
ReadInequality and Redistribution in France, 1990-2018
The World Inequality Lab releases its second Issue Brief – in partnership with the Institut des politiques publiques (IPP): “Trois décennies d’inégalités et de redistribution
ReadPublication of the first WID.world Issue Brief
The World Inequality Lab inaugurates the publication of its first issue brief, composed by Amory Gethin and dedicated to the analysis of net foreign assets
ReadUpdate of WID.world macroeconomic aggregates to 2017
WID.world has updated its external data on macroeconomic aggregates: national accounts and price data, as well as population indicators, are now available for 2017. WID.world
ReadTop income shares series for Switzerland updated to 2014 (WID.world Technical Note 2018/01)
The series of top fiscal income shares for Switzerland have been extended to 2014 by Isabel Martínez. In 2014, the top 1% fiscal income share reached
ReadNew paper on the evolution of top income inequality in Germany (WID.world Working Paper 2017/18): data series available
This new paper by Charlotte Bartels presents new findings on the long-run dynamics of income inequality in Germany between 1871 and 2013. All data series are
ReadWorkshop on inequality measurement at the World Inequality Lab | PSE, co-organized with the CEQ and the Stone Center-CUNY
“Workshop on harmonization of household surveys, fiscal data and national accounts: comparing approaches and establishing standards” May 17 & 18, World Inequality Lab | Paris
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