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Human capital, unequal opportunities and productivity convergence – A global historical perspective 1800-2100

July 2, 2025 | WID.world

How much more inclusive has access to health and education become in recent decades? Are we on track for global convergence in human capital, well-being,

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A new composite index to measure and mitigate inequality

July 1, 2025 | WID.world

Amongst the most widely used measures of income or wealth inequality is the Gini coefficient. In recent times, there has been a rise in popularity

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New Spain Wealth Atlas: understanding regional wealth inequality in Spain

June 26, 2025 | WID.world

Properly evaluating and designing policies that take wealth inequality into account relies on measuring wealth accurately at the regional level. This is particularly important in countries

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Intergenerational Mobility in Spain: Geographic Analysis and Causal Neighborhood Effects

June 17, 2025 | WID.world

At the heart of a thriving society lies the principle of equal opportunity: the idea that one’s background should not preordain one’s future. An excellent

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Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality

June 9, 2025 | WID.world

Are today’s trade and current account imbalances unique in history? Are international economic relations characterized by self-correcting market mechanisms, or by persistent imbalances and power

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Inflation and high volatility hit the poor harder in India

May 27, 2025 | WID.world

There are two kinds of inequality that exist among the poor and the rich with respect to inflation. First, inflation erodes the purchasing power of

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Convergence alone won’t fix global inequality by 2050 without ambitious redistribution

May 21, 2025 | WID.world

What will global income inequality look like in 2050? Will the economic catch-up of developing countries lead to a more equitable world? Or will the

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Past and future trajectories for labour hours, productivity, gender inequality and structural transformation, 1800-2100

May 14, 2025 | WID.world

In Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren (1930), John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that rising productivity would lead to a 15-hour working week by 2030. Nearly

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Egypt’s 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality and the dominance of the landed elite, but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless

April 17, 2025 | WID.world

The Middle East is one of the most unequal regions in the world today, yet little is known about the long-term dynamics of inequality in

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