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Egypt’s 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality and the dominance of the landed elite, but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless.
avril 17, 2025 | WID.world

The Middle East is one of the most unequal regions in the world today, yet little is known about the long-term dynamics of inequality in ... Continuer la lecture

Income inequality and ethnic gaps persist in Malaysia – 2016–2022
avril 14, 2025 | WID.world

In Malaysia’s multiracial, multi-religious, and multi-ethnic society – comprising around 70% Bumiputera, 22% Chinese, 7% Indian, and 1% others as of 2024 – the question ... Continuer la lecture

Nouvelle version du Simulateur mondial d’impôt sur la richesse présentée à la conférence internationale « Taxing Billionaires »
avril 10, 2025 | WID.world

Sous la présidence brésilienne du G20 en 2024, l’idée de taxer les ultra-riches a connu un élan sans précédent. Lors de la conférence internationale « Taxing ... Continuer la lecture

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