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New Paper on inequality in Poland 1983-2015
The new paper by Pawel Bukowski and Filip Novokmet “Inequality in Poland: Estimating the Whole Distribution by g-percentile 1983-2015” combines national accounts, survey and tax data in
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WID.world & The World Inequality Lab Newsletter Welcome to the third WID.world and World Inequality Lab newsletter, which covers our main developments over the last
ReadNew paper on inequality in the Middle East
This new paper by F. Alvaredo, L. Assouad and T. Piketty, “Measuring Inequality in the Middle East, 1990-2016: The World’s Most Unequal Region?”, WID.world Working
ReadNew paper on inequality in Lebanon
This new paper by Lydia Assouad, “Rethinking the Lebanese economic miracle: The extreme concentration of income and wealth in Lebanon 2005-2014”, WID.world Working Paper 2017/13, combines
ReadNew paper and inequality series on India
This new paper by L. Chancel and T. Piketty, “Indian income inequality, 1922-2014: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj ?”, WID.world Working Paper series 2017/11,
ReadNew paper and series on Brazil
This new paper by M. Morgan, “Extreme and Persistent Inequality: New Evidence for Brazil Combining National Accounts, Surveys and Fiscal Data, 2001-2015″, WID.world Working Paper,
ReadNew paper and inequality series on Russia
This new paper by F. Novokmet, T. Piketty and G. Zucman, “From Soviets to Oligarchs: Inequality and Property in Russia, 1905-2016”, WID.world Working Paper 2017/09
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WID.world & The World Inequality Lab Newsletter Welcome to the second WID.world and World Inequality Lab newsletter, which covers our main developments over the last
ReadNew income inequality series and paper for Cote d’Ivoire
HIGHLIGHTS: New WID.world data shows that the level of inequality in Cote d’Ivoire is substantially higher than previously thought. According to survey data, the top 1% income share
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