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Stranded fossel-fuel assets and climate action in the US and Europe
junio 19, 2023 | WID.world

Potential pension fund losses should not deter high-income countries from bold climate action Containing global temperature rise to 1.5° in order to meet the Paris ... Continuar leyendo

Trading non-tradables: the implications of Europe’s job posting policy
junio 19, 2023 | WID.world

This paper examines the impacts of the EU posting policy, a large trade and temporary migration program facilitated by the free provision of services. The ... Continuar leyendo

Is Charitable Giving Political? Evidence from Wealth and Income Tax Returns in France
junio 19, 2023 | WID.world

There has been a rise in philanthropy in Western democracies in recent years. In France, charitable giving increased by 78.6% increase between 2006 and 2019. ... Continuar leyendo

Anti-corruption campaign in China: An empirical investigation
abril 26, 2023 | WID.world

  Using official information published by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC, we construct a database of officials who have been found ... Continuar leyendo

The Impact of Communist Party Membership on Wealth Distribution and Accumulation in Urban China
abril 26, 2023 | WID.world

This paper provides the first in-depth investigation into the evolution of the wealth gap between CCP and non-CCP households in urban China from 1995 to ... Continuar leyendo

Preliminary Estimates of Global Posttax Income Distributions
abril 4, 2023 | WID.world

This technical note combines data from household surveys, government budgets, tax simulators, national accounts, and detailed fiscal incidence studies to construct a new database on ... Continuar leyendo

Historical Inequality Series
abril 4, 2023 | WID.world

The purpose of this technical note is to describe the construction of WID.world’s long-run per-adult income inequality series and adjustments made to ensure consistency with ... Continuar leyendo

Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States
abril 3, 2023 | WID.world

We study the history and geography of wealth accumulation in the US, using newly collected historical property tax records since the early 1800s. The US ... Continuar leyendo

Uncovering the Dynamics of the Wealth Distribution
abril 3, 2023 | WID.world

  This paper introduces a new way of decomposing the evolution of the wealth distribution using a simple continuous time stochastic model, which separates the ... Continuar leyendo