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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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Update of top income share series for Australia
Australian top fiscal income share series have just been updated to 2016 by Roger Wilkins. The top 1% income share reached 9% in 2016 (Click
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New paper on wealth-income ratios in India, 1860-2012
This new paper by Rishabh Kumar studies the metamorphoses of aggregate Indian wealth over fifteen politically transformative decades. Based on a comprehensive new database, the
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Nouvelle étude sur l’évolution des inégalités en Europe, 1980-2017
Dans cette nouvelle étude et dans la synthèse qui l’accompagne (disponible en anglais, allemand, français et espagnol), Thomas Blanchet, Lucas Chancel and Amory Gethin estiment
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New paper on the long-run evolution of political cleavages in India
This new paper by Abhijit Banerjee, Amory Gethin and Thomas Piketty combines surveys, election results and social spending data to document a long-run evolution of political
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