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Compare your income to that of African citizens
novembre 5, 2019 | WID.world

The WID.world income comparator has been extended to all African countries based on the work done by Lucas Chancel, Denis Cogneau, Amory Gethin and Alix ... Continuer la lecture

Top income shares for New Zealand extended to 2017
octobre 23, 2019 | WID.world

The series of top shares of fiscal income for New Zealand have been extended to 2017. The series have also been updated for 2016, due ... Continuer la lecture

ERC Synergy Grant awarded to the project “Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts”
octobre 11, 2019 | WID.world

The World Inequality Lab is glad to announce that the project “Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts” has been awarded the ERC Synergy Grant ... Continuer la lecture

New paper on income inequality in Africa, 1990-2017
octobre 4, 2019 | WID.world

This new paper by Lucas Chancel, Denis Cogneau, Amory Gethin and Alix Myczkowski makes a first cautious attempt to estimate the evolution of income inequality ... Continuer la lecture

Parution de “Capital et idéologie”, de Thomas Piketty
septembre 11, 2019 | WID.world

  “Toutes les sociétés humaines ont besoin de justifier leurs inégalités : il faut leur trouver des raisons, faute de quoi c’est l’ensemble de l’édifice ... Continuer la lecture

Update of WID.world macroeconomic aggregates to 2018
août 7, 2019 | WID.world

WID.world has updated its external data on macroeconomic aggregates: national accounts and price data, as well as population indicators, are now available for 2018. WID.world ... Continuer la lecture

New paper on income inequality and ethnic cleavages in Malaysia, 1984-2014
juillet 30, 2019 | WID.world

This new paper by Muhammed Abdul Khalid and Li Yang documents the evolution of income inequality in Malaysia, not only at the national level (for ... Continuer la lecture

Eighth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ)
juillet 29, 2019 | WID.world

From 3 to 5 July 2019, the World Inequality Lab hosted the Eighth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). This ... Continuer la lecture

New paper on top incomes shares in the Netherlands
juin 7, 2019 | WID.world

The new WID.world Working paper 2019/2, “Top Incomes, Income and Wealth Inequality in the Netherlands: The first 100 Years 1914–2014 – what’s next?” by Wiemer ... Continuer la lecture