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How do Chinese and French preferences for redistribution differ?
What influences our perceptions of inequality and our views of fairness? What drives the difference in demand for redistribution across countries? Why do poor people
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How much does knowing where their money comes from affect what we think about the top 1%?
How much of the income of rich people comes from capital and how much from labor? And how does knowing this affect our perceptions of
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How does economic inequality change society?
How do we believe economic inequality changes society – through for example the amount of crime or the quality of democratic institutions? And do our
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Public housing and intergenerational mobility in Singapore
In response to rising inequality and housing unaffordability around the world, governments have implemented various policies, including the provision of public housing. To what extent
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Global inequality of hourly income
Where do people work the most, and earn the most? Is there a link between working hours and income inequality? Anique Ahmed compares variations in
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Elections and social inequalities in France, 1789-2022
Thomas Piketty and Julia Cagé‘s new book, Une histoire du conflit politique, Elections et inégalités sociales en France, 1789-2022, is now available in
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2022 Activity Report
We are delighted to present our 2022 Activity Report. 2022 was marked by important milestones for the World Inequality Lab, highlighted by the publication and
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The far-right donation gap
Although the 21st century is often portrayed as the “age of philanthropy”, with an unprecedented increase in charitable giving, the proportion of the population giving
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Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe 1975-2019
In recent decades, income inequality has been on the rise in most of the world’s leading economies. To what extent do spatial inequalities – such
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