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Article by Facundo Alvaredo, Denis Cogneau and Thomas Piketty published in the Journal of Development Economics
septembre 8, 2021 | WID.world

    The article “Income inequality under colonial rule. Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920–1960”, by Facundo ... Continuer la lecture

Nouveau livre: “Brève histoire de l’égalité”, de Thomas Piketty
août 26, 2021 | WID.world

« Les questions économiques sont trop importantes pour être laissées à une petite classe de spécialistes et de dirigeants. La réappropriation citoyenne de ce savoir ... Continuer la lecture

Newsletter | July 2021
juillet 23, 2021 | WID.world

  ? Book: “Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities” Who votes for whom and why? Why has growing inequality in many parts of the world not ... Continuer la lecture

Global Income Inequality, 1820-2020
juillet 20, 2021 | WID.world

Global Income Inequality, 1820-2020: The Persistence and Mutation of Extreme Inequality   In this paper, Lucas Chancel and Thomas Piketty mobilize newly available historical series from ... Continuer la lecture

Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong
juillet 15, 2021 | WID.world

Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong, 1981-2020: The Rise of Pluto-Communism?   In this paper, Thomas Piketty and Li Yang combine national accounts, household surveys, ... Continuer la lecture

Top Income Adjustments and Inequality
juillet 13, 2021 | WID.world

Top Income Adjustments and Inequality:  An Investigation of the EU-SILC   In this paper, Rafael Carranza, Marc Morgan and Brian Nolan use the top income ... Continuer la lecture

Contribution to Routledge’s handbook on the Middle East Economy
juillet 1, 2021 | WID.world

Facundo Alvaredo, Lydia Assouad and Thomas Piketty contributed to the Routledge Handbook on the Middle East Economy”, to be published on July 9th 2021. The ... Continuer la lecture

Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies
mai 11, 2021 | WID.world

Brahmin Left versus Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies, 1948-2020   In this paper, Amory Gethin, Clara Martínez-Toledano and Thomas Piketty provide new evidence ... Continuer la lecture

Developing countries in times of COVID: Comparing inequality impacts and policy responses
mai 7, 2021 | WID.world

Developing countries in times of COVID: Comparing inequality impacts and policy responses   In this brief, Tancrède Voituriez and Lucas Chancel explore the socioeconomic inequality ... Continuer la lecture