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New paper on inequality in Lebanon
This new paper by Lydia Assouad, “Rethinking the Lebanese economic miracle: The extreme concentration of income and wealth in Lebanon 2005-2014”, WID.world Working Paper 2017/13, combines
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New paper and inequality series on India
This new paper by L. Chancel and T. Piketty, “Indian income inequality, 1922-2014: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj ?”, WID.world Working Paper series 2017/11,
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New paper and series on Brazil
This new paper by M. Morgan, “Extreme and Persistent Inequality: New Evidence for Brazil Combining National Accounts, Surveys and Fiscal Data, 2001-2015″, WID.world Working Paper,
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New paper and inequality series on Russia
This new paper by F. Novokmet, T. Piketty and G. Zucman, “From Soviets to Oligarchs: Inequality and Property in Russia, 1905-2016”, WID.world Working Paper 2017/09
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WID.world & The World Inequality Lab Newsletter Welcome to the second WID.world and World Inequality Lab newsletter, which covers our main developments over the last
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New income inequality series and paper for Cote d’Ivoire
HIGHLIGHTS: New WID.world data shows that the level of inequality in Cote d’Ivoire is substantially higher than previously thought. According to survey data, the top 1% income share
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WID.world partners with the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Institute
We are happy to announce that WID.world will partner with the CEQ Institute to produce Distributional National Accounts in a number of low and middle
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Fiscal income share series for the UK updated to 2014
The series of fiscal income shares for the United Kingdom have been extended to years 2013 and 2014 by Facundo Alvaredo (click here). As for all
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Fiscal income share series for Singapore updated to 2014
The series of top fiscal income shares for Singapore have been extended to 2014 by Facundo Alvaredo. In 2014, the top 1% fiscal income share reached
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