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Education at the centre of global poverty reduction
Access to schooling has improved dramatically around the world in recent decades. How useful have these investments been in reducing poverty and gender inequality? Amory
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The overlooked role of public goods in global poverty reduction
Existing poverty statistics focus on household disposable income or consumption, ignoring the large share of national income accruing to individuals in the form of public
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Contagious coercion: The effect of plagues on serfdom in the Baltics
What drives labor coercion? Do plagues increase labor coercion by creating labor scarcity? Labor scarcity is the main hypothesized determinant of labor coercion Domar (1970),
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Progressive taxation remains the global exception, new study shows
What is the level and incidence of taxes and transfers worldwide, since 1980? Which countries do the most to reduce income disparities through taxes and
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3 ways to look at global income inequality in 2023 – Insights from the World Inequality Database
The World Inequality Lab (WIL) released its annual update of global inequality data. Tell me in which country you live and I will tell
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What’s new about inequality in Latin America in 2023?
The 2023 update of the World Inequality Database includes new findings for Latin America. First opportunity to study Covid-19’s impact on Latin American inequality using
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What’s new about inequality in North America and Oceania in 2023?
The 2023 update of the World Inequality Database includes new findings for North America and Oceania: The United States (US) remains an outlier of the
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What’s new about inequality in Europe in 2023?
The 2023 update of the World Inequality Database includes new data up to 2022 for Europe, including new data sources and findings for France, Bulgaria,
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What’s new about inequality in South and Southeast Asia in 2023?
The 2023 update of the World Inequality Database includes new findings for South and Southeast Asia, with a focus on Thailand. Levels of inequality vary
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