New paper on simplified distributional national accounts (WID.world Working Paper 2019/01)

This new paper by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman proposes a simplified methodology to estimate income inequality by combining surveys, tax data and

WID.world and World Inequality Lab Newsletter – November 2018

New paper and Stata command on correcting survey data using tax data (WID.world Working Paper 2018/12)

This new paper by Thomas Blanchet, Ignacio Flores and Marc Morgan introduces a new method to adjust household surveys using tax data.

New paper on the evolution of income inequality in Thailand (WID.world Working Paper 2018/15)

This new paper by Thanasak Jenmana sheds new light on the dynamics of income inequality in Thailand between 2001 and 2016. Data series related to

New paper on the evolution of wealth inequality in India (WID.world working paper 2018/14)

This new paper by Nitin Kumar Bharti presents new findings on the evolution of wealth inequality in India between 1961 and 2012, and on its

Top income shares series for Korea revised and updated to 2016

The series of top fiscal income shares for Korea have been extended to 2016 by Nak-Nyeon Kim and Jongil Kim. In 2016, the top 1%

Top income shares series for Ireland updated to 2015

The series of top fiscal income shares for Ireland have been extended to 2015 by Brian Nolan. In 2015, the top 1% fiscal income share reached

Brazil Divided: Hindsights on the Growing Politicization of Inequality (WID.world Issue Brief 2018/3)

In the third issue brief released by the World Inequality Lab, Amory Gethin and Marc Morgan combine inequality statistics and opinion polls to contextualize the

New paper on the evolution of top income inequality in Chile (WID.world Working Paper 2018/11)

This new paper by Jorge Atria, Ignacio Flores, Claudia Sanhueza and Ricardo Mayer presents new findings on the long-run evolution of top income inequality in