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Intergenerational mobility in France
How much do our parents’ incomes determine how much we earn? Is there a link between how easily we move up the social ladder between
LireBehavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform
Although only a few OECD countries currently tax wealth (Colombia, Norway, Spain, Switzerland), the academic and political debate on the complementary role of wealth taxation
LireInequality denial – A response to Auten and Splinter’s work on US inequality
Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman respond to Auten and Splinter’s paper published in November 2023 in the Journal of Political Economy, which erroneously
LireInégalité de revenus au Canada – tendances et comparaisons régionales depuis 1982
Comment les inégalités ont-elles évolué au Canada depuis les années 1980 ? Y a-t-il des disparités entre le Québec et les autres Provinces ? Quelles
LireEducation at the centre of global poverty reduction
Access to schooling has improved dramatically around the world in recent decades. How useful have these investments been in reducing poverty and gender inequality? Amory
LireThe overlooked role of public goods in global poverty reduction
Existing poverty statistics focus on household disposable income or consumption, ignoring the large share of national income accruing to individuals in the form of public
LireContagious coercion: The effect of plagues on serfdom in the Baltics
What drives labor coercion? Do plagues increase labor coercion by creating labor scarcity? Labor scarcity is the main hypothesized determinant of labor coercion Domar (1970),
LireProgressive taxation remains the global exception, new study shows
What is the level and incidence of taxes and transfers worldwide, since 1980? Which countries do the most to reduce income disparities through taxes and
LireQuelles sont les nouveautés en matière d’inégalités en Europe en 2023 ?
Comme chaque année, WID.world – la plus grande base de données sur les inégalités mondiales en open source – a été mise à jour. De
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