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Wealth concentration increases the risks of financial crises, new study finds
enero 27, 2025 | WID.world

The aftermath of the 2008 Great Financial Crisis has intensified research interest in the causes of financial crises. While financial crises have often been interpreted ... Continuar leyendo

Global demographic shifts: insights from 1800 to 2100
diciembre 17, 2024 | WID.world

How has the world’s population transformed over the past two centuries, and what can we expect in the future? The World Inequality Database (WID) now ... Continuar leyendo

Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa
diciembre 12, 2024 | WID.world

How coercive were African colonial states?  Scholars – economists, historians, or political scientists – don’t always agree. Some see colonial states as omnipotent Leviathans, while ... Continuar leyendo

Firms as tax shelters: The disguise of personal expenses as business expenses erodes tax revenues
diciembre 3, 2024 | WID.world

By how much and how do individuals who control firms blur the lines between personal and business expenses to avoid taxes? By disguising personal expenditures ... Continuar leyendo

Intergenerational Mobility in Hong Kong, 1976-2016
diciembre 3, 2024 | WID.world

Hong Kong’s laissez-faire economic model spurred rapid growth in the second half of the 20th century, but it also led to rising inequality, placing it ... Continuar leyendo

10 facts on global inequality in 2024
noviembre 19, 2024 | WID.world

The World Inequality Database (WID) provides open access to the most extensive database on the historical evolution of economic inequality. Updated annually by the World ... Continuar leyendo

Inequality in 2024: a closer look at six regions
noviembre 19, 2024 | WID.world

For more than 10 years, the World Inequality Lab has been working to produce data on income inequality, now covering 216 countries, with data going ... Continuar leyendo

China vs. India: how human capital shaped two distinct economic paths
noviembre 18, 2024 | WID.world

Between the 1910s and 2010, the education systems in China and India experienced remarkable growth, producing millions of skilled graduates and employing vast numbers of ... Continuar leyendo

Exploring optimal taxation to tackle the regressivity of Italy’s
octubre 22, 2024 | WID.world

Income and wealth inequality have been steadily rising in most developed economies since the 1980s, driven by wealthier households earning higher returns on their capital. ... Continuar leyendo