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Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies
May 11, 2021 | WID.world

Brahmin Left versus Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies, 1948-2020   In this paper, Amory Gethin, Clara Martínez-Toledano and Thomas Piketty provide new evidence ... Continue reading

Developing countries in times of COVID: Comparing inequality impacts and policy responses
May 4, 2021 | WID.world

Developing countries in times of COVID: Comparing inequality impacts and policy responses   In this brief, Tancrède Voituriez and Lucas Chancel explore the socioeconomic inequality ... Continue reading

Second World Inequality Conference – Call for papers
May 3, 2021 | WID.world

The World Inequality Lab is organizing the second World Inequality Conference (previously WID.world Conference), which will be hosted by the Paris School of Economics on ... Continue reading

The concentration of personal wealth in Italy
April 19, 2021 | WID.world

The concentration of personal wealth in Italy 1995-2016 Italy is one the countries with the highest wealth-to-income ratio in the developed world. Yet, despite the ... Continue reading

China’s pension system
April 12, 2021 | WID.world

  Towards equity and sustainability? China’s pension system reform moves center stage   In this paper, Li Yang reviews the latest development of China’s public ... Continue reading

Gabriel Zucman hearing before the US Senate Budget committee
April 8, 2021 | WID.world

On March 25th 2021, Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Berkeley and co-director of the World Inequality Lab, testified before the ... Continue reading

The book “Political cleavages and social inequalities” is out in French
April 1, 2021 | WID.world

Summary of “Political cleavages and social inequalities”     Who votes for whom and why? Why has growing inequality in many parts of the world ... Continue reading

Political cleavages in Algeria, Iraq, and Turkey
March 26, 2021 | WID.world

Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities in Algeria, Iraq, and Turkey, 1990-2019 In this paper,  Lydia Assouad, Amory Gethin, Thomas Piketty and Juliet-Nil Uraz draw on ... Continue reading

Political Cleavages in Latin America
March 26, 2021 | WID.world

Social Inequalities, Identity, and the Structure of Political Cleavages in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, 1952-2019 In this paper, Oscar Barrera, Ana ... Continue reading