{"id":21,"date":"2016-04-08T10:22:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T10:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.wid.world\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2018-03-22T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T13:59:33","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wid.world\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Inequality Database <a href=\"\/\/wid.world\">WID.world<\/a> relies on the combined effort of an international network of over ninety researchers covering nearly seventy countries from all continents. \u00a0It is coordinated and supervised by an executive committee comprising five co-directors: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/alvaredo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facundo Alvaredo<\/a> (Paris School of Economics, Oxford University and Conicet), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tony-atkinson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony B. Atkinson<\/a> (Nuffield College and London School of Economics), <a href=\"http:\/\/piketty.pse.ens.fr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Piketty<\/a> (Paris School of Economics), <a href=\"hhttp:\/\/eml.berkeley.edu\/%7Esaez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmanuel Saez<\/a> (University of California at Berkeley) and <a href=\"http:\/\/gabriel-zucman.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Zucman<\/a> (University of California at Berkeley).<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facundo Alvaredo acts as a general coordinator and is particularly in charge of the income part, while Gabriel Zucman is coordinating the wealth part. The core team also includes Lucas Chancel, who coordinates the preparation of country reports and public relations.<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you need specific information about country updates, or press coverage, please contact Facundo Alvaredo, Gabriel Zucman, or Lucas Chancel at the <span class=\"GKHSCDKBKN\">World Inequality Lab<\/span> at the Paris School of Economics.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Inequality Database WID.world relies on the combined effort of an international network of over ninety researchers covering nearly seventy countries from all continents. \u00a0It is coordinated and supervised by an executive committee comprising five co-directors: Facundo Alvaredo (Paris School of Economics, Oxford University and Conicet), Anthony B. 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