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“Ten facts about inequality in advanced economies”
Economic inequality is on the rise after a historic decline, and the trend is especially dramatic in the United States, as outlines the paper “Ten
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“How Much are the Poor Losing from Tax Competition?”
How much are European citizens losing from tax competition? Would they be better-off if European countries were able to have a common fiscal tool? In
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Compare your income to that of African citizens
The WID.world income comparator has been extended to all African countries based on the work done by Lucas Chancel, Denis Cogneau, Amory Gethin and Alix
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Top income shares for New Zealand extended to 2017
The series of top shares of fiscal income for New Zealand have been extended to 2017. The series have also been updated for 2016, due
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ERC Synergy Grant awarded to the project “Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts”
The World Inequality Lab is glad to announce that the project “Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts” has been awarded the ERC Synergy Grant
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New paper on income inequality in Africa, 1990-2017
This new paper by Lucas Chancel, Denis Cogneau, Amory Gethin and Alix Myczkowski makes a first cautious attempt to estimate the evolution of income inequality
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Parution de “Capital et idéologie”, de Thomas Piketty
“Toutes les sociétés humaines ont besoin de justifier leurs inégalités : il faut leur trouver des raisons, faute de quoi c’est l’ensemble de l’édifice
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Update of WID.world macroeconomic aggregates to 2018
WID.world has updated its external data on macroeconomic aggregates: national accounts and price data, as well as population indicators, are now available for 2018. WID.world
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New paper on income inequality and ethnic cleavages in Malaysia, 1984-2014
This new paper by Muhammed Abdul Khalid and Li Yang documents the evolution of income inequality in Malaysia, not only at the national level (for
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