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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

The local environmental and welfare effects of large industrial shutdowns in Germany
octubre 21, 2024 | WID.world

The clean energy transition and large-scale deindustrialization are transforming the industrial landscape of high-income economies, sparking debates over who will benefit and who will be ... Continuar leyendo

Wealth and income inequality on the rise in preindustrial Southern Italy 1550-1800
octubre 21, 2024 | WID.world

Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies has only recently become the subject of systematic research. Southern Italy offers a particularly good setting for studying the long-term ... Continuar leyendo

James K. Boyce’s inaugural GiRA lecture on inequality and the environment now available
octubre 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 ... Continuar leyendo

Inequality in life and death – how 1/3 of the population passes away leaving behind debt in Vienna
octubre 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 ... Continuar leyendo

Rowaida Moshrif, new co-director of the World Inequality Lab
septiembre 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 ... Continuar leyendo

New research uncovers key mistakes in Auten and Splinter’s estimates of US inequality
julio 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 ... Continuar leyendo