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What’s new about inequality in East Asia?

November 17, 2022 | WID.world

WID.world  released its 2022 annual inequality data update for East Asia. Overall, we observe an alarming increase in both wealth and income inequalities in Mainland

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What’s new about inequality in Russia and Central Asia?

November 15, 2022 | WID.world

WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for Russia and Central Asia. Russia exhibits one of the highest wealth inequality levels in the world.

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What’s new about inequality in the Middle East?

November 15, 2022 | WID.world

WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for the Middle East. The last decade was one of the most turbulent decades for the Middle

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What’s new about inequality in Europe?

November 15, 2022 | WID.world

WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for Western  and Eastern Europe. Our inequality data for Europe covers all countries of the continent since

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What’s new about inequality in Latin America?

November 15, 2022 | WID.world

WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for Latin America. Inequality remains very high in the region and is underestimated in measures based solely

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What’s new about inequality in North America?

November 8, 2022 | WID.world

WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for North America. Inequality in the United States remains at a dramatic level, one of the highest

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Worker Power, Rent-Seeking and Income Inequality in Canada: A Sector-Level Analysis

September 9, 2022 | WID.world

This paper develops novel estimates of income inequality at the sector-level in Canada and examines links between sector-level income inequality and different conceptions of power.

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Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong, 1981-2020: The Rise of Pluto-Communism?

June 30, 2022 | WID.world

In this paper, Thomas Piketty and Li Yang combine national accounts, household surveys, fiscal data, wealth rankings and election polls, in order to provide a

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Wealth Distribution in Germany

June 23, 2022 | WID.world

Wealth and its Distribution in Germany, 1895-2018     In this paper, Thilo N. H. Albers, Charlotte Bartels and Moritz Schularick present the first comprehensive

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