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Preferences for Inheritance Taxation in Europe: Experimental Evidence on Vertical Equity and Public Debt
septembre 17, 2026 | WID.world

Inheritance taxation is central to debates over wealth concentration, intergenerational mobility, and public finance, but there is ongoing debate about what tax rates the public ... Continuer la lecture

Who Bears the Cost of Air Pollution? How Pollution Shocks Widen Socio-Economic Gaps in Educational Achievement
septembre 14, 2026 | WID.world

Education plays a major role in shaping lifetime opportunities, yet the mechanisms through which environmental factors contribute to educational inequality remain poorly understood. While disadvantaged ... Continuer la lecture

The Carbon Content of Billionaire Wealth: Composition, Concentration, and Taxation
septembre 3, 2026 | WID.world

While increasing evidence highlights large disparities in emissions between and within countries, detailed individual-level data on emissions portfolios remain scarce. In this paper, Krystian Bua, ... Continuer la lecture

Conceptualizing and Measuring Forms of Ethnic Inequality: Findings from India
septembre 3, 2026 | WID.world

Existing research on ethnic politics has largely focused on economic inequality between groups. This paper argues that other forms of inequality also matter and develops ... Continuer la lecture

Politics of Dignity: How Status Inequality shaped Redistributive Politics in India
juillet 22, 2026 | WID.world

How does social hierarchy affect redistribution? Mainstream theories of welfare politics explain redistribution through the material interests of social classes, assuming wealthier groups oppose redistribution ... Continuer la lecture

Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data,1870–1970
juin 16, 2026 | WID.world

Why did income inequality decline so dramatically during the twentieth century? Existing explanations often emphasise progressive taxation, welfare state expansion, or the economic disruptions caused ... Continuer la lecture

Jean Drèze receives 2026 “Global Inequality Research Award” during the World Inequality Conference in Paris
juin 11, 2026 | WID.world

On Friday, 5 June 2026, Jean Drèze was awarded the Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA) during the World Inequality Conference organized at Paris School of ... Continuer la lecture

Global Justice Report: the World Inequality Lab maps a path to €5,000-a-month average incomes for all countries within +1.8°C of warming
juin 4, 2026 | WID.world

On June 4, the World Inequality Lab launched the Global Justice Report: a Plan for Equality and Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries, during the opening of ... Continuer la lecture

Taxing Wealth & Enrichment: Lessons from the 1945–French ‘National Solidarity Levy’
mai 18, 2026 | WID.world

Exceptional wealth taxes and capital levies have not yet received all the attention they deserve, notably because it is often assumed that most one-off wealth ... Continuer la lecture