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Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform
दिसम्बर 18, 2023 | WID.world

Although only a few OECD countries currently tax wealth (Colombia, Norway, Spain, Switzerland), the academic and political debate on the complementary role of wealth taxation ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Inequality denial – A response to Auten and Splinter’s work on US inequality
दिसम्बर 14, 2023 | WID.world

Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman respond to Auten and Splinter’s paper published in November 2023 in the Journal of Political Economy, which erroneously ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Education at the centre of global poverty reduction
दिसम्बर 6, 2023 | WID.world

Access to schooling has improved dramatically around the world in recent decades. How useful have these investments been in reducing poverty and gender inequality? Amory ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

The overlooked role of public goods in global poverty reduction
नवम्बर 30, 2023 | WID.world

Existing poverty statistics focus on household disposable income or consumption, ignoring the large share of national income accruing to individuals in the form of public ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Contagious coercion: The effect of plagues on serfdom in the Baltics
नवम्बर 27, 2023 | WID.world

What drives labor coercion? Do plagues increase labor coercion by creating labor scarcity? Labor scarcity is the main hypothesized determinant of labor coercion Domar (1970), ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Progressive taxation remains the global exception, new study shows
नवम्बर 26, 2023 | WID.world

What is the level and incidence of taxes and transfers worldwide, since 1980? Which countries do the most to reduce income disparities through taxes and ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

Unveiling Inequalities: Insights from the 2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report
नवम्बर 17, 2023 | WID.world

  The 2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report provides an assessment of the state of human development in Asia and the Pacific and policy pathways to ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

How do Chinese and French preferences for redistribution differ?
अक्टूबर 24, 2023 | WID.world

What influences our perceptions of inequality and our views of fairness? What drives the difference in demand for redistribution across countries? Why do poor people ... पढ़ना जारी रखें

How much does knowing where their money comes from affect what we think about the top 1%?
अक्टूबर 17, 2023 | WID.world

How much of the income of rich people comes from capital and how much from labor? And how does knowing this affect our perceptions of ... पढ़ना जारी रखें