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Impact of British colonial gender reform on early female marriages and gender gap in education in India
mars 31, 2025 | WID.world

Child marriage remains a pressing global challenge, with approximately 12 million girls married before adulthood each year. Research shows that child marriage negatively impacts women’s ... Continuer la lecture

From housing gains to pension losses: new methods to reveal wealth inequality dynamics in Chile
mars 31, 2025 | WID.world

The study of the inequality of wealth holds a central place in the research and policy agendas today. However, very few studies on wealth inequality ... Continuer la lecture

A new framework to study global wealth inequality under climate change published in Nature Climate Change
mars 3, 2025 | WID.world

While climate change and climate policies affect both physical capital and financial assets, their impacts on aggregate wealth and its distribution remain underexplored. Preliminary calculations ... Continuer la lecture

Despite rising productivity, inequality within the agricultural sector has increased since 1950
février 19, 2025 | WID.world

One of the most striking changes in recent history has been the global shift from agricultural to non-agricultural employment. However, we know little about whether ... Continuer la lecture

New estimates of wealth inequality based on the distribution of estates
février 19, 2025 | WID.world

The study of the inequality of wealth holds a central place in the research and policy agendas today. However, the overall picture remains highly incomplete, ... Continuer la lecture

Wealth concentration increases the risks of financial crises, new study finds
janvier 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 ... Continuer la lecture

Global demographic shifts: insights from 1800 to 2100
décembre 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 ... Continuer la lecture

Imposer la domination coloniale : l’impôt du sang et l’impôt de capitation en Afrique Occidentale Française
décembre 12, 2024 | WID.world

A quel point les États coloniaux africains étaient-ils coercitifs ? Les chercheurs – économistes, historiens ou politologues – ne s’accordent pas toujours. Certains voient les ... Continuer la lecture

Firms as tax shelters: The disguise of personal expenses as business expenses erodes tax revenues
décembre 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 ... Continuer la lecture