Actualités
What Determines the Capital Share?
What Determines the Capital Share over the Long Run of History? This paper, written by Erik Bengtsson, Enrico Rubolino and Daniel Waldenström, explores how the
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Coronabonds with or without Germany
Coronabonds with or without Germany This paper, written by Lucas Chancel, explores the rationale and feasibility of debt mutualization among Eurozone countries, ie Coronabonds (e.g.
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Green Welfare States in Developing Countries
The Quest for Green Welfare States in Developing Countries In this paper, Tancrède Voituriez provides a typology of green welfare states or “ecostates” in developing
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Wealth distribution in South Africa
How unequal is the wealth distribution in South Africa? In this paper, Aroop Chatterjee, Léo Czajka and Amory Gethin estimate the distribution of personal wealth
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Wealth inequality dynamics
How to measure wealth inequality dynamics? In this paper, Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret and Thomas Piketty present a new method to estimate wealth inequality. They
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How have inequalities in educational spending in the US evolved over the past five decades?
Are educational spending in the US more or less equally distributed than in the past ? This working paper by Cécile Bonneau aims to describe
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2019 WIL’s activity report is available
We are glad to share with you the World Inequality Lab 2019 activity report Overview Extension of the World Inequality Database, in particular in
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New paper on Midcentury American Inequality
The mid-20th century American decline in income inequality has been called “the greatest leveling of all time,” despite a similarly unmatched rate of economic
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Argentina’s new government and WIL to cooperate in data production
Paris, February 5th, 2019 – The World Inequality Lab (WIL) met with Alberto Fernandez, President of Argentina, and his delegation, composed of the Minister
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