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10 facts on global inequality in 2024
The World Inequality Database (WID) provides open access to the most extensive database on the historical evolution of economic inequality. Updated annually by the World
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Inequality in 2024: a closer look at six regions
For more than 10 years, the World Inequality Lab has been working to produce data on income inequality, now covering 216 countries, with data going
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China vs. India: how human capital shaped two distinct economic paths
Between the 1910s and 2010, the education systems in China and India experienced remarkable growth, producing millions of skilled graduates and employing vast numbers of
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Exploring optimal taxation to tackle the regressivity of Italy’s
Income and wealth inequality have been steadily rising in most developed economies since the 1980s, driven by wealthier households earning higher returns on their capital.
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The local environmental and welfare effects of large industrial shutdowns in Germany
The clean energy transition and large-scale deindustrialization are transforming the industrial landscape of high-income economies, sparking debates over who will benefit and who will be
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Wealth and income inequality on the rise in preindustrial Southern Italy 1550-1800
Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies has only recently become the subject of systematic research. Southern Italy offers a particularly good setting for studying the long-term
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James K. Boyce’s inaugural GiRA lecture on inequality and the environment now available
On April 5, 2024, James K. Boyce, co-winner of the 2024 Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA), gave a lecture at Sciences Po Paris. In
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Inequality in life and death – how 1/3 of the population passes away leaving behind debt in Vienna
Despite the fame of Austrian composers Franz Schubert and Mozart, both passed away with minimal wealth, leaving their families unable to afford proper funerals. Two
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Rowaida Moshrif, nouvelle co-directrice du World Inequality Lab
À partir de septembre 2024, Rowaida Moshrif deviendra co-directrice et responsable des données du WIL. Ce nouveau poste reflète la fonction essentielle qu’elle a progressivement
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