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China’s contemporary paradox: rising inequality, falling support for redistribution
Over four decades of economic reforms, China has experienced a remarkable rise in living standards, alongside a tremendous increase in inequalities. China now has the
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Global demographic shifts: insights from 1800 to 2100
How has the world’s population transformed over the past two centuries, and what can we expect in the future? The World Inequality Database (WID) now
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Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa
How coercive were African colonial states? Scholars – economists, historians, or political scientists – don’t always agree. Some see colonial states as omnipotent Leviathans, while
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Intergenerational Mobility in Hong Kong, 1976-2016
Hong Kong’s laissez-faire economic model spurred rapid growth in the second half of the 20th century, but it also led to rising inequality, placing it
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Firms as tax shelters: The disguise of personal expenses as business expenses erodes tax revenues
By how much and how do individuals who control firms blur the lines between personal and business expenses to avoid taxes? By disguising personal expenditures
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Inequality in 2024: a closer look at six regions
For more than 10 years, the World Inequality Lab has been working to produce data on income inequality, now covering 216 countries, with data going
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10 facts on global inequality in 2024
The World Inequality Database (WID) provides open access to the most extensive database on the historical evolution of economic inequality. Updated annually by the World
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China vs. India: how human capital shaped two distinct economic paths
Between the 1910s and 2010, the education systems in China and India experienced remarkable growth, producing millions of skilled graduates and employing vast numbers of
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Exploring optimal taxation to tackle the regressivity of Italy’s tax system
Income and wealth inequality have been steadily rising in most developed economies since the 1980s, driven by wealthier households earning higher returns on their capital.
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