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James K. Boyce’s inaugural GiRA lecture on inequality and the environment now available
October 10, 2024 | WID.world

  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 ... Continue reading

Inequality in life and death – how 1/3 of the population passes away leaving behind debt in Vienna
October 7, 2024 | WID.world

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 ... Continue reading

Rowaida Moshrif, new co-director of the World Inequality Lab
September 9, 2024 | WID.world

From September 2024, Rowaida Moshrif will become Co-director and Head of Data of the WIL. This new role reflects the pivotal function that she has ... Continue reading

New research uncovers key mistakes in Auten and Splinter’s estimates of US inequality
July 31, 2024 | WID.world

Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman fleshed out their response to Auten and Splinter’s paper published in the Journal of Political Economy (2024), which ... Continue reading

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