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Electoral cleavages and socioeconomic inequality in Germany

July 24, 2020 | WID.world

Electoral cleavages and socioeconomic inequality in Germany, 1949-2017 In this paper, Fabian Kosse and Thomas Piketty explore the changing relationships between party support, electoral cleavages

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Income Inequality under Colonial Rule

July 17, 2020 | WID.world

Income Inequality under Colonial Rule: Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920-1960 In this paper, Facundo Alvaredo, Denis Cogneau

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2020 Update of Macroeconomic Aggregates

July 10, 2020 | WID.world

The World Inequality Database has been updated to include the latest data on macroeconomic aggregates. The series and GDP and net national income now cover

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Political Cleavages in South Africa

July 8, 2020 | WID.world

Extreme Inequality and the Structure of Political Cleavages in South Africa, 1994-2019 In this paper, Amory Gethin draws on political attitudes surveys to study the

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The Missing Profits of Nations

June 30, 2020 | WID.world

How much profit each country loses or attracts because of tax competition? Between 1985 and 2018, the global average statutory corporate tax rate has fallen

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Post-colonial Trends of Income Inequality

June 15, 2020 | WID.world

Post-colonial Trends of Income Inequality: Evidence from the Overseas Departments of France In this paper, Yajna Govind analyzes the post-colonial trends of income inequality in four

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Global Land Inequality

June 10, 2020 | WID.world

Global Land Inequality Agricultural land is vital for three out of four of the poorest billion individuals in the world. Yet little is known about

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Capital Gains and U.K. Inequality

May 23, 2020 | WID.world

Capital Gains and UK Inequality Aggregate taxable capital gains in UK have tripled in past decades. These taxable gains are largely repackaged income, so their

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What Determines the Capital Share?

May 6, 2020 | WID.world

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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