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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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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 et inégalités sociales en France, 1789-2022
Le nouveau livre de Thomas Piketty et Julia Cagé, Une histoire du conflit politique, Élections et inégalités sociales en France, 1789-2022, sort le vendredi
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Rapport d’Activité 2022
Nous avons le plaisir de vous présenter notre rapport d’activité 2022. L’année 2022 a été marquée par des étapes importantes pour le World Inequality Lab,
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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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The biological cost of the economic transition in Poland
Variation in height has two components: genetic and environmental. Genetic factors explain 70% of the variation in height. The rest of the variation is driven
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Income inequality in the Duchy of Warsaw (1810/11)
The Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon Bonaparte, which existed in the years 1807-1815. Although the Duchy of Warsaw existed only
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Social security wealth reduces wealth inequality in the EU, new study finds
The ageing of society means that public pension systems are becoming increasingly important. What is the impact of public pension entitlements on wealth inequality among
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