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Political cleavages in Greece 1981-2019
février 7, 2024 | WID.world

Modern Greek history has been a turbulent one. The devastation of the Civil War (1946-1949) gave way to an ‘Economic Miracle’ in the 1950s and ... Continuer la lecture

Inequality across 700 years
janvier 31, 2024 | WID.world

Following the publication of Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century in 2013, there has been a growing interest in economic inequality and its ... Continuer la lecture

New article published in JEEA on income inequality and taxation in Italy
janvier 22, 2024 | WID.world

The article “Reconstructing Income Inequality in Italy: New Evidence and Tax System Implications from Distributional National Accounts” by Demetrio Guzzardi, Elisa Palagi, Andrea Roventini, and ... Continuer la lecture

Income Inequality in South Korea, 1933-2022
janvier 22, 2024 | WID.world

While South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world in the 1960s, it sustained positive growth in the 1980s and 1990s until ... Continuer la lecture

Inequality in lifetime earnings in France
janvier 16, 2024 | WID.world

How does inequality evolve over a lifetime? What are the differences in earnings between men and women over time? Cross-sectional measures of earnings inequality have ... Continuer la lecture

New article published in JEEA on wealth inequality in Italy
janvier 16, 2024 | WID.world

The article “The concentration of personal wealth in Italy 1995–2016” by Paolo Acciari, Facundo Alvaredo, and Salvatore Morelli, has been published in the Journal of ... Continuer la lecture

The Long Way to Gender Equality
janvier 16, 2024 | WID.world

What are the contexts and factors that enable or hinder gender pay equalization?  What pathways have led to greater gender pay equality and where is ... Continuer la lecture

Poland in the 21st century – one of the most unequal countries in Europe
décembre 26, 2023 | WID.world

Poland has experienced the fastest growth in Europe during its transition from communism to a market economy, with real average national income per capita more ... Continuer la lecture

Intergenerational mobility in France
décembre 18, 2023 | WID.world

How much do our parents’ incomes determine how much we earn? Is there a link between how easily we move up the social ladder between ... Continuer la lecture