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Inégalités d’exposition aux risques environnementaux : des écarts marqués selon le statut de propriété
juillet 16, 2025 | WID.world

Alors que les coûts liés au changement climatique devraient augmenter de manière exponentielle, il est crucial d’identifier les segments de la population les plus exposés ... Continuer la lecture

A new composite index to measure and mitigate inequality
juillet 1, 2025 | WID.world

Amongst the most widely used measures of income or wealth inequality is the Gini coefficient. In recent times, there has been a rise in popularity ... Continuer la lecture

New Spain Wealth Atlas: understanding regional wealth inequality in Spain
juillet 1, 2025 | WID.world

Properly evaluating and designing policies that take wealth inequality into account relies on measuring wealth accurately at the regional level. This is particularly important in countries ... Continuer la lecture

Intergenerational Mobility in Spain: Geographic Analysis and Causal Neighborhood Effects
juillet 1, 2025 | WID.world

At the heart of a thriving society lies the principle of equal opportunity: the idea that one’s background should not preordain one’s future. An excellent ... Continuer la lecture

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality
juillet 1, 2025 | WID.world

Are today’s trade and current account imbalances unique in history? Are international economic relations characterized by self-correcting market mechanisms, or by persistent imbalances and power ... Continuer la lecture

Inflation and high volatility hit the poor harder in India
mai 27, 2025 | WID.world

There are two kinds of inequality that exist among the poor and the rich with respect to inflation. First, inflation erodes the purchasing power of ... Continuer la lecture

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