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New: Get WID.world inequality data from Stata SSC package
WID.world introduced a new tool to download data from the World Wealth and Income Database into the statistical analysis software Stata. With this new Stata command,
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WID.world & The World Inequality Lab Newsletter The World Wealth and Income Database (WID.world) aims to provide open and convenient access to the most extensive
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New top income share series for Australia
Australian top fiscal income share series have just been updated to 2014 by Roger Wilkins. Top 10% income share reaches its highest level since 1950 (Click
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New paper on private property and inequality in China
This new paper by T. Piketty, L. Yang and G. Zucman, “Capital Accumulation, Private Property and Rising Inequality in China”, WID.world Working Paper 2017/06 combines
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New paper on income inequality dynamics in France
This new paper by B. Garbinti, J. Goupille-Lebret and T. Piketty, “Income Inequality in France 1900-2014: Evidence from Distributional Accounts”, WID.world Working Paper 2017/04, combines
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First WID.world Conference. Call for Papers
We are organizing the First WID.world Conference, which will be hosted by the Paris School of Economics on December 14th and 15th, 2017. WID.world was
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New paper and series on wealth inequality dynamics in France
This new paper combines different sources and methods (income tax data, inheritance registers, national accounts, wealth surveys) in order to deliver consistent, unified wealth distribution
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New paper and series on wealth concentration in the UK
The new series cover a long period, from 1895 to the present. The UK went from being more unequal in terms of wealth than the
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Launching of WID.world : The source for global inequality data
Press release Launching of WID.world : The source for global inequality data Paris, January 9, 2017 – The World Wealth and Income Database (WID.world) launches today
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