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Report – INSEE expert group on inequality and redistribution
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) just published the report from its expert group on inequality and redistribution, which was written under
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Newsletter | February 2021
World Inequality Lab newsletter Editorial: The Covid crisis reinforces the need for tax justice In 2020, the global economy collapsed: GDP fell by 6.4% in the
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Political Cleavages and Class Structures in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
Political Cleavages, Class Structures and the Politics of Old and New Minorities in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 1963-2019 In this paper, Amory Gethin
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Changing Party Systems, Socio-Economic Cleavages, and Nationalism in Northern Europe
In this paper, Clara Martínez-Toledano and Alice Sodano draw on a rich set of electoral surveys to explore the changing relationship between party support and
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A Micro Perspective on r>g in Norway
A Micro Perspective on r>g in Norway By exploiting large-scale administrative data on estimated gross and net personal wealth in Norway from 2010 to 2018,
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A Wealth Tax for South Africa
A Wealth Tax for South Africa This paper, by Aroop Chatterjee, Léo Czajka and Amory Gethin considers the feasibility of implementing a progressive wealth
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Political Cleavages in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland
Historical Political Cleavages and Post-Crisis Transformations in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland, 1953-2020 In this paper, Luis Bauluz, Amory Gethin, Clara Martínez-Toledano and Marc
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Wealth-Income Ratios in Switzerland
A Safe Harbor: Wealth-Income Ratios in Switzerland over the 20th Century and the Role of Housing Prices In this paper, Enea Baselgia and
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Homoploutia: Top Labor and Capital Incomes in the USA
Homoploutia: Top Labor and Capital Incomes in the United States, 1950-2020 Homoploutia describes the situation in which the same people (homo) are wealthy (ploutia) in
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