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Preferences for Inheritance Taxation in Europe: Experimental Evidence on Vertical Equity and Public Debt
सितम्बर 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Who Bears the Cost of Air Pollution? How Pollution Shocks Widen Socio-Economic Gaps in Educational Achievement
सितम्बर 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

The Carbon Content of Billionaire Wealth: Composition, Concentration, and Taxation
सितम्बर 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, ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Conceptualizing and Measuring Forms of Ethnic Inequality: Findings from India
सितम्बर 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Politics of Dignity: How Status Inequality shaped Redistributive Politics in India
जुलाई 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data,1870–1970
जून 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Jean Drèze receives 2026 “Global Inequality Research Award” during the World Inequality Conference in Paris
जून 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

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
जून 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Taxing Wealth & Enrichment: Lessons from the 1945–French ‘National Solidarity Levy’
मई 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 ... पढ़ना जारी रखें