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World Inequality Report 2026 – “Inequality persist at a very extreme level”
décembre 10, 2025 | WID.world

The World Inequality Report 2026, edited by Lucas Chancel, Ricardo Gómez-Carrera, Rowaida Moshrif, and Thomas Piketty is now available at wir2026.wid.world. Prefaced by Jayati Ghosh ... Continuer la lecture

Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa
décembre 7, 2025 | WID.world

Following the abolishment of all discriminatory laws, South Africa’s first universal democratic election took place in 1994 and marked the end of centuries of institutions ... Continuer la lecture

500 economists and inequality experts from seventy countries support call for new ‘IPCC for inequality’
décembre 7, 2025 | WID.world

Hundreds of the world’s leading economists and other experts on inequality from seventy countries are urging world leaders to establish an International Panel on Inequality ... Continuer la lecture

Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries
décembre 7, 2025 | WID.world

In international negotiations, Global South countries demand North-to-South transfers: indeed, redirecting just 1% of high-income countries’ output to low-income countries (LICs) would mechanically double their ... Continuer la lecture

Statement from the World Inequality Lab on the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts’ Report on Global Inequality
novembre 12, 2025 | WID.world

The World Inequality Lab warmly welcomes the release of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts’ Report on Global Inequality, published today, November 4, 2025. ... Continuer la lecture

World Inequality Report 2026 | Coming out soon
novembre 12, 2025 | WID.world

On December 10, 2025, the World Inequality Lab will release the 2026 World Inequality Report, offering the latest and most comprehensive analysis of global inequality ... Continuer la lecture

Global inequalities in ownership-based carbon footprints over 2010-2022
novembre 12, 2025 | WID.world

Who owns the firms that produce global greenhouse gas emissions? In this paper, Lucas Chancel and Yannic Rehm provide the first global estimates of ownership-based ... Continuer la lecture

Human capital, unequal opportunities and productivity convergence – A global historical perspective 1800-2100
octobre 29, 2025 | WID.world

How much more inclusive has access to health and education become in recent decades? Are we on track for global convergence in human capital, well-being, ... Continuer la lecture

Capital in the 21st Century, Ten Years Later
octobre 29, 2025 | WID.world

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014) and the fifth anniversary of Capital and Ideology (2020), Thomas Piketty ... Continuer la lecture