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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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Eighth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ)
From 3 to 5 July 2019, the World Inequality Lab hosted the Eighth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). This
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New paper on top incomes shares in the Netherlands
The new WID.world Working paper 2019/2, “Top Incomes, Income and Wealth Inequality in the Netherlands: The first 100 Years 1914–2014 – what’s next?” by Wiemer
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New paper on pre-tax income inequality for Poland
This new paper by Pawel Bukowski and Filip Novokmet updates and revises published series on pre-tax income inequality in Poland. It replaces existing WID.world Working
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Top income shares for New Zealand extended to 2016
The series of top shares of fiscal income for New Zealand have been extended to 2016. The series have also been revised from 2000 to 2014,
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Australian top income shares extended from 1912 to 1920
The series of top shares of fiscal income for Australia have been extended in the database to cover years from 1912 to 1920. This is
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