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Real-Time Inequality
This paper constructs high-frequency and timely income distributions for the United States. We develop a methodology to combine the information contained in high-frequency public
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More Unequal or Not as Rich? Revisiting the Latin American Exception
Latin America is often portrayed as a global exception to the rising or consolidating income inequality trends of the early twenty-first century. However, the
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Measuring the Carbon Content of Wealth Evidence from France and Germany
This paper estimates the distribution of annual wealth-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in France and Germany, using a novel method to combine newly released air
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What’s new about inequality in North America?
WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for North America. Inequality in the United States remains at a dramatic level, one of the highest
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What’s new about inequality in Europe?
WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for Western and Eastern Europe. Our inequality data for Europe covers all countries of the continent since
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What’s new about inequality in the Middle East?
WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for the Middle East. The last decade was one of the most turbulent decades for the Middle
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What’s new about inequality in Russia and Central Asia?
WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for Russia and Central Asia. Russia exhibits one of the highest wealth inequality levels in the world.
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What’s new about inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa?
WID.world released its 2022 annual inequality data update for Sub-Saharan Africa. Three key results are worth highlighting: first, despite some decrease, income inequality as measured
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What’s new about global inequality?
WID.world released its annual inequality update. Our global network of researchers mobilized the most recent wealth and income inequality data, obtained from tax authorities, statistical
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