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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

The spatial dimensions of top income concentration and income inequality in Italy
July 9, 2024 | WID.world

The study of income distribution and inequality at the national and global levels has a long tradition in economics. Yet, detailed distributional estimates at finer ... Continue reading

‘Political cleavages and social inequalities’ now available in Greek
July 4, 2024 | WID.world

Who votes for whom and why? Why has growing inequality in many parts of the world not led to renewed class-based conflicts, and seems instead ... Continue reading

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