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@WIL_inequality

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Each year poor countries send 2⃣ - 3⃣% of their GDP to the rich world while they could be investing that amount in education, health or climate policies, found @gatonievas & @AliceSodano . ❗️It's time to overthrow this rich world privilege ▶️ #springmeetings

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TODAY is the release of the 1st World Inequality Report 📈 👉 Discover 175 million datapoints about wealth and income #inequality in the world. #wir2018

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@WIL_inequality

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🔴LIVE with @DAcemogluMIT , @lucas_chancel , and @PikettyWIL to discuss the book #PowerAndProgress . The recording will be available soon on our YouTube channel in the #EqualityDebate playlist 👉

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@WIL_inequality

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"The 'Billionaire Raj' is now more unequal than the British colonial Raj." 1 month before #IndiaElections , @Nitin_K_Bharti @lucas_chancel @PikettyWIL @anmol_smnch publish a new paper on the long-run evolution of income and wealth inequality in India 🇮🇳 ▶️

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@WIL_inequality

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📰NEW PAPER by @guido_alfani In the last 700 years, inequality of income and wealth has tended to grow continuously, with 2 exceptions: 👉After the Black Death pandemic of 1347-52 👉From the beginning of World War I to the mid-1970s ⏩More findings⏩

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@WIL_inequality

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🗓️Join us for the next EQUALITY DEBATE, with @DAcemogluMIT presenting #PowerAndProgress 💻Online, Monday, Nov 6, 5pm CET Find out more👇

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@WIL_inequality

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📢We just updated the World Inequality Database with new wealth #InequalityData up to 2022. Read more🧵 👉

What’s new about wealth inequality in the world? - WID - World Inequality Database

What’s new about wealth inequality in the world?The 2023 update of the World Inequality Database includes wealth inequality data up to 2022.

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@WIL_inequality

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📢 @amorygethin and Matt Fisher-Post have built a new comprehensive database on the distribution of taxes and transfers in 1⃣5⃣1⃣ countries since 1⃣9⃣8⃣0⃣. 💻Explore the #InequalityData ⏩ 📝Read the Paper⏩

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@WIL_inequality

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🌐We just released a major update of #InequalityData up to 2022! 🔎 Explore what's news on through 3 lenses ⏩ @UNDP @taxobservatory @PSEinfo

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@WIL_inequality

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📝 NEW WORKING PAPER Collecting detailed archival data on the coercion intensity of all serfs in Estonia (1580s to 1730s), @tomraster provides the first causal estimate of the effect of labor scarcity on labor coercion. Read more👉 #EconTwitter

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@WIL_inequality

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🔎How are emissions associated with asset ownership distributed across the population? @lucas_chancel and Yannic Rehm develop a new framework to measure individual carbon footprints extending beyond the traditional consumption-based approach. More here👉

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@WIL_inequality

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📆 DEBATE | Good Economics for Hard Times Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo will present their book, Good Economics for Hard Times, at the World Inequality Lab on Zoom ⏰ January 21st, 6pm CET 📝 Registrations

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@WIL_inequality

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📢 The World Inequality Lab releases a major update of #inequality #data up to 2019! So what's new on ? 🔸 173 countries covered 🔸 Estimates for 50 more countries 🔸 Income estimates for the entire distribution from the poorest 1% to the richest 0.001%

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@WIL_inequality

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Hot of the press: The World #InequalityReport 2022 is out! The report presents the most up-to-date data on inequality worldwide: 💵 global wealth 🌍 ecological 💰 income inequality since 1820 ♀ gender 👉 Check it out

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@WIL_inequality

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"Wealth inequality within generations and across age groups is at its peak since World War II." In this new paper, @LuisBauluz & @TimothyAMeyer examine the life-cycle wealth accumulation in the US since 1960 📈 🇺🇸 Read more here▶️

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@WIL_inequality

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World inequality report, the reference #Report on global #inequality - over 100 researchers from 5 continents - Inequality data covers 2/3 of global population - 175M data points #wir2018

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@WIL_inequality

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"The Polish spectacular growth has not lifted all the boats equally"🇵🇱🚤 @skawinski_marek @pwlbukowski et al. show that business owners, males, and big city dwellers have been the largest beneficiaries since 2000. More👇and 👉:

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@WIL_inequality

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⏰ Final countdown! In 3 days, we will be publishing the 2022 World #InequalityReport , to provide you with the most up-to-date & complete data on inequality worldwide! 💵 global wealth 🌍 ecological inequality 💰 income inequality since 1820 ♀ gender inequality Stay tuned 😉

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@WIL_inequality

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🔎Explore the data and trends in inequality and political transformations in contemporary democracies🔻 ▶️◀️ #InequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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In the US, while the income share of the richest 10% has continuously risen since the 1980's, the share owned by the bottom 50% of the population dropped #wir2018 #PolicyMatters #inequality

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@WIL_inequality

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🔎Explora y descarga datos sobre la distribución del ingreso, de los impuestos, y de las transferencias en América Latina 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇷🇨🇴🇪🇨🇲🇽🇵🇪🇸🇻🇺🇾 🔗 #InequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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1⃣ What are the most unequal regions ? The 3 most #unequal regions are the #MiddleEast #LatinAmerica & #Africa The richest 10% capture over half of the national #income (50% to 56%) 📊 Check out the data 👉 #GlobalInequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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WIL co-directors respond to Auten and Splinter’s paper which denies the extent of rising inequality in the United States since 1960📈🇺🇸 ▶️Read the note

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@WIL_inequality

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The "top 1% income share” lens: no continent is immune to extreme inequality

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@WIL_inequality

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Little is known about the historical evolution of income #inequality in Eastern Europe. S. Nikolić, F. Novokmet, & @LaryszPiotr fill this gap with new estimates of long-term income inequality in Bulgaria and Czech Lands/Czechoslovakia in the XXcentury. ▶️

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@WIL_inequality

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Join us for our next #EqualityDebate with @BrankoMilan on #VisionsofInequality 🤩 Looking forward to a great discussion with @mrandreescu @ULojkine & @PikettyWIL ! 🗓️Tue 21 May, 17:30-19:00 📍PSE, Paris 14e @PSEinfo 👉Register:

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@WIL_inequality

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📑 PUBLICATION In the paper "Social Inequality & Political Divides in Pakistan", Gethin, Mehmood & Piketty study #political #cleavages in #Pakistan using a unique set of polls covering all direct elections held since 1970 🗳

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@WIL_inequality

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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS We welcome research papers on all dimensions of socioeconomic #inequality . They will be presented at the World Inequality Conference 2 on December 7th & 8th. 📩 Send your paper in pdf: conference @wid .world ⏰ Deadline: 5 Sept. 2021 👉

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@WIL_inequality

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Inequalities in 🇵🇱 are one of the highest in 🇪🇺, above 🇬🇧 and 🇩🇪, and have been rising. In 2018, the share of national income accrued to the top 10% is 37%, to the middle 40% is 41%, and to the bottom 50% is 21%. The top 1% earns 13% of it. 👉

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@WIL_inequality

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🏆Bina Agarwal and James K. Boyce win first Global Inequality Research Awards! GiRA is delivered by @CRIS_SciencesPo & the WIL to recognize researchers who have made a significant contribution to the understanding of global inequalities. Read more👉

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@WIL_inequality

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📚Rencontre et dédicade avec @CageJulia et @PikettyLeMonde à l'occasion de la parution de leur nouveau livre le 8/09. Réservez-vite votre place👇 @PSEinfo @EditionsduSeuil

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@WIL_inequality

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💬« We need better #data to tackle old & new forms of #inequality alike », says @PikettyLeMonde , @WIL_inequality co-Director & #HDR2019 Advisory Board Co-Chair 📲 WATCH the video #HumanDevelopment #HumanDevelopmentReport

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@WIL_inequality

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⚠ Global #inequality & growth #trend between 1980 & 2016: 📈 the top 1% captured 27% of total growth 📉 the bottom 50% captured 12% of total growth #elephantcurve

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@WIL_inequality

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“Dans le monde, depuis 1980, les 1% les plus riches ont profité 2x plus de la croissance que les 50% les plus pauvres” via @brutofficiel 👉 #wir2018

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@brutofficiel

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Ils sont 3,5 milliards. C'est la moitié la plus pauvre de l'humanité.

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@WIL_inequality

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Inequality has substancial impact on global #poverty : If all countries follow the #inequality trajectory of Europe between 1980 and 2016, the average income of the Bottom 50% of the world population will be higher than if they follow the US trend #wir2018

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@WIL_inequality

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What are the implications of #housing booms and busts for #wealth #inequality over the last four decades in #Spain ? 📑 Read @cmtneztt 's new working paper on ➡

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@WIL_inequality

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What's new about inequality in Latin America in 2023? 🌎New #InequalityData sources for Chile 🇨🇱 and Colombia 🇨🇴 ⏩ @cepal_onu @eclac_un @lanacion @latercera @El_Universal_Mx

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@WIL_inequality

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⏩ #InequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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📣 TODAY: Global release of UNDP's #HumanDevelopment Report 2019! 🔹 With a contribution from @WIL_inequality "measuring #inequality in #income & #wealth " 👉 Online release at #HDR2019 📲 Follow the global launch event on @HDRUNDP at 8pm CET

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@WIL_inequality

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Has the so called “Miracle on the Han River” really lifted South Korea out of poverty without increasing inequality? 🇰🇷🔍 S. Hong, N.N. Kim, @ZhexunMO & L. Yang constructed new DINA series for South Korea since 1933 👇1/3 ▶️

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@WIL_inequality

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🟡 In #Africa , extreme inequality levels are found among nations which experienced white settlers’ #colonization and are due to: 🔸 lack of #land ownership reforms 🔸 absence of social security and progressive #taxation systems. 👉 #GlobalInequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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Louis Sirugue and Gustave Kenedi provide new estimates of intergenerational income mobility in France, and how it relates to geographic mobility. ⬇️ 🇫🇷 has one of the highest persistence levels among OECD countries, similar to 🇮🇹or🇺🇸. ⬇️ More findings➡️

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@WIL_inequality

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🌎70yrs of measuring income #inequality in #LatinAmerica 👉 Though exact levels remain elusive, studying inequality bands shows broad dynamic patterns. 👉Most countries followed an inverted U curve from the 1970s to 2010s. Check out more findings:▶️

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@WIL_inequality

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Tomorrow from 9:30 am (Paris Time), follow our live conference on our Facebook page for the launch of the World Inequality Report 2018 #wir2018 On the d-day, more information and materials, including a summary in 7 languages here:

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@WIL_inequality

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📑 PUBLICATION | Missing Profits of Nations 🔶How much profit countries lose or attract because of #taxcompetition ? @TTorslov @LudvigWier & @gabriel_zucman explore the extent to which #globalization & tax competition redistribute #profits across nations: 📥

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@WIL_inequality

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👀New article out in the Journal of @EEANews . ▶️P. Acciari, F. Alvaredo & @MorelliSal estimate the distribution of wealth in Italy 🇮🇹 between 1995 and 2016, using a novel source of inheritance tax files + surveys + national accounts. ⏩

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@WIL_inequality

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📈Since 1970, spatial inequalities have almost doubled in all countries except 🇫🇷 By the end of 2010s,🇺🇸 has the highest degree of spatial inequality Find out more ⬇️

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@WIL_inequality

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Le fil de tweets de @MaximCombes fait le point sur les niveaux d'inégalités de richesses et sur les inégalités écologiques, publiés dans le World #InequalityReport 👇 📲 Retrouvez le rapport:

Maxime Combes

@MaximCombes

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#In égalités mondiales : les 10% les plus riches possèdent 76% de la richesse des ménages, alors que les 50% les plus pauvres n’en possèdent que 2%. Stop ou encore ?

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@WIL_inequality

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How do immigrants respond to changes in the cost of naturalization? @GovindYajna & L. Sirugue look at 🇫🇷 after the abolition of compulsory conscription in 97 and find: ⤴️in♂️naturalization rates ⤴️sense of belonging ➕effect on employment for 🇪🇺 citizens 👉

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@WIL_inequality

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Since 1980 the richest 1% captured twice as much as the bottom 50% of the world population #wir2018 #inequality

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@WIL_inequality

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🎙️ CONFERENCE DE PRESSE "La #taxation des #multinationales doit être instaurée au niveau #mondial selon des #crit ères non manipulables et doit bénéficier à l'ensemble des pays, notamment du Sud", affirme Thomas @PikettyLeMonde #transparence #justicefiscale

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@WIL_inequality

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🤖How is technology changing our society? ⚖️What can we do to ensure that technological change is positive for more than a minority? 🫵What are you waiting for to register for our next #EqualityDebate with DARON ACEMOGLU? ⏩ #PowerAndProgress

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@WIL_inequality

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👩‍🎓'Inequality and Institutions' Summer School 🗓️June 10 - June 14, 2024 📍Paris School of Economics, Paris 14 Great opportunity to learn from top researchers from @PSEinfo and the World Inequality Lab, including @PikettyWIL @cmtneztt @_Ignacio_Flores ▶️

INEQUALITY AND INSTITUTIONS - Economic, social, and political frictions - Paris School of Economics

June 10 to June 14, 2024 Social frictions - associated with inequality, political cleavages, cultural polarization, and corruption - have (...)

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Paris School of Economics

@PSEinfo

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You wish to learn more about new perspectives on economic inequality and the role of political institutions❓ Our Inequality and Institutions Summer School allows you to gain a broader perspective on inequality based on recent academic work.

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@WIL_inequality

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What's new about inequality in Europe in 2023? 🌎New #InequalityData sources for 🇫🇷🇧🇬🇷🇴🇧🇬🇨🇿 ⏩ @AliceSodano @mrandreescu

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@WIL_inequality

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The 2⃣0⃣2⃣3⃣ update shows that post-tax inequality remains substantial in Latin America. Read more⏩ #InequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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🔔1 week before our online EQUALITY DEBATE with @DAcemogluMIT , @lucas_chancel , @PikettyWIL ⏩Register now ⏩ #PowerandProgress

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@WIL_inequality

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🎓Education is at the centre of global poverty reduction, accounting for: 🟢50% of global economic growth since 1980 🟣70% of growth for the poorest 20% 🔵50% of global gender inequality reduction 🔗 @amorygethin #InequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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The "top 10% income share" lens: Europe, the exception in an unequal world?

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@WIL_inequality

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👨‍🎓 @thomas_blncht , @WIL_inequality statistical methods coordinator, defended his thesis today, completed under the supervision of Thomas @PikettyLeMonde . 👏 Congratulations Thomas for your brilliant thesis and for the immense work you have been doing at the lab!

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@WIL_inequality

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New website reveals the magnitude of inequality in Latin America📊 allows interactive exploration of #InequalityData and cross-country comparisons: 🔸Pre-tax inequality 🔸Post-tax inequality 🔸Distribution of disposable income ▶️

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@WIL_inequality

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Registrations are still open for the first conference, includ. the release of the World Inequality Report 2018 #wir2018 by Alvaredo, Chancel, Piketty, Saez & Zucman

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@WIL_inequality

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The decline of public capital over the past 40 years limited governments' investments on education, healthcare, or in tackling climate change... which are key to fight against inequality #wir2018 #PolicyMatters #inequality

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@WIL_inequality

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📸 30 early-career researchers pushing the frontiers of inequality and environmental research gathered in Paris today. 👏Thanks to all for this insightful " #Inequality & the #Environment ” symposium organized by @CRIS_SciencesPo @HarvarsMWC & WIL! ▶️ 1/3

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@WIL_inequality

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📰NEW PAPER on lifetime earnings in France between 1967 and 1987, looking at their determinants (education, working time, place of birth) and the evolution of the gender gap in lifetime learnings + 🇫🇷VS🇺🇸comparisons. Read more▶️🧵

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@WIL_inequality

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🌏Worsening inequalities are highlighted in the latest @UNDPasiapac report. An important collaboration to advance research and policy in the region!👇 @UNDP @Nitin_K_Bharti

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@WIL_inequality

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♀⚖ #GenderEquality , 2020 Women’s share of labor income is below 50% (parity level) in all regions, with significant variations among them. Countries should 🔸 facilitate women's access to the labor market 🔹 address the pay gap 👉 #InequalityReport

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@WIL_inequality

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📚🤔 Have you ever imagined a world were anyone who seeks decent, living-wage work can find it? If you are curious about it, @ptcherneva will present the Job Guarantee on May 10th on Zoom. Join us!

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@WIL_inequality

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⏰ J-2: le Rapport sur les inégalités mondiales paraîtra en français aux @EditionsduSeuil ! L'occasion d'explorer les données les plus à jour sur différentes facettes des #in égalités mondiales : 💵 Patrimoine 🌍 Emissions carbone 💰 Revenu, depuis 1820 ♀ Genre Stay tuned 😏

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@WIL_inequality

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Building upon a new top-income methodology, @mig_artola and Victor Manuel Gómez-Blanco present new estimates of wage #inequality in the United States from 1918 to 1949 🇺🇸📉 Read the paper▶️

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@WIL_inequality

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⏰ C'est demain! Il est encore temps de vous inscrire à la présentation du livre "L'information est un bien public" par @CageJulia et @BenoitHuet_ : 👉Conférence accessible via Zoom et à @PSEinfo

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@WIL_inequality

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💵 Global Income Inequality: Income gap ⚠ In 2020, the average income of the richest 10% is 38 times higher than that of the poorest half of the global population, a similar level than in the 1900s 👉 Find more #InequalityReport

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@WIL_inequality

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A partir de demain, et chaque vendredi à 7h45, Thomas Piketty, co-directeur du @WIL_inequality , et @dseux confronteront leurs analyses de l'actualité économique dans le #DebatEco de @franceinter ! 👉 Dès demain, soyez au rendez-vous: #le79Inter

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@WIL_inequality

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🔴 TRIBUNE 14 personnalités dont @gabriel_zucman @lucas_chancel & @PikettyLeMonde (WIL) réclament la création d’un cadastre financier européen public répertoriant l’ensemble des patrimoines financiers afin de mettre fin à l'opacité en 🇪🇺 🗞 #OpenLux

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@WIL_inequality

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[PUBLICATION] 📚 "Capital et idéologie", le prochain livre de @PikettyLeMonde sera en librairie le 12 septembre! 🎙 Présentation le 30 septembre à @PSEinfo : ➡ Sommaire et données dispos ici: @EditionsduSeuil #MondayMotivation

Capital et idéologie, Thomas Piketty - Débat de l’égalité

Causes event in Paris, France by Paris School of Economics - PSE and 2 others on Monday, September 30 2019 with 6.2K people interested and 777 people going. 11 posts in the discussion.

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@PikettyWIL

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Capital et idéologie, couv et 4e de couv, en librairie le 12 septembre

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In #LatinAmerica , amidst a decline of #inequality levels in some countries, the persistence of extreme inequality slowed #poverty #reduction progress over the past years. #GlobalInequalityData

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@WIL_inequality

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"Policy, it turns out, matters." when it comes to #inequality @PikettyLeMonde @ChancelLucas @gabriel_zucman #wir2018

The New York Times

@nytimes

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The share of the world's income going to the top 1 percent has shrunk since the financial crisis. Here's why that may not last.

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🗞 Opinion piece | @guardian After studying hundreds of elections in 50 democracies, @amorygethin @cmtneztt @PikettyLeMonde found that political parties increasingly cater to only the well educated & the rich 👉 More on the project

How politics became a contest dominated by two kinds of elite | Amory Gethin and others

Studying hundreds of elections, we found parties increasingly catering to the well educated or rich, say authors Amory Gethin, Clara Martínez-Toledano and Thomas Piketty

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WID Fellows @DemetrioGuzz @ElisaPalagi1 @AndreaRoventini & @saintbull70 provide new series on income distribution in Italy both at the national and regional levels, and analyze the overall progressivity of the tax system. Now in @JEEA_News ! ⏩ ⏬1/2🇮🇹

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📰NEW PAPER | @Roberto__Iacono and @BSmedsvik analyze the behavioural responses spurred by a unique municipal wealth tax reform in Norway🇳🇴💸 ↪️

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What is the World Inequality Report 2018 #wir2018 ? @ChancelLucas tells us more about its content, its objectives and its release this Thursday December 14 in Paris. #inequality #wealth #income #OpenData

"What is the World Inequality Report 2018" feat. Lucas Chancel (Dec...

On December 14, 2017, we are releasing the World Inequality Report 2018 during the WID.world scientific conference in Paris...More on http://wid.world

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@ThereFeen provides the first time series of the gender earnings ratio for full-time employees in Germany since the 1870s🇩🇪📈 She compares the results with the US benchmark by the recent Nobel laureate, Claudia Goldin, and the Swedish case. ▶️ ⬇️🧵(1/3)

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New study by @amorygethin finds that public goods and gvt redistribution have played a key role in poverty reduction, accounting for 3⃣0⃣% of the decline in the share of the world’s population living in extreme poverty since 1980 🧵👇 #InequalityData

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Op-ed: Escaping the Inequality-Data Dark Ages 🗨 "Governments must publish the data societies need for democratic #debates on #economic policies" 📢 50+ researchers worldwide call for more #transparency about #inequality #data in @ProSyn : THREAD 👇

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📄 NEW WORKING PAPER by @MortenStostad & @LobeckMax How do we believe economic inequality changes society? ↪️A majority of 🇺🇸 citizens believe inequality has negative consequences on society, regardless of political affiliation or income More findings⏩

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📚 LIVRE | Clivages politiques et inégalités sociales Amory Gethin, Clara Martinez-Toledano & Thomas Piketty publient une étude des dynamiques de polarisation #politique dans 50 démocraties: 📈 Données disponibles

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📑 PUBLICATION | Homoploutia in the US @bermanjoe & @BrankoMilan combine several datasets to document homoploutia in the US, 1950-2020 Homoploutia describes the situation in which the same people are wealthy in #capital and #labor income ➡

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#OxfamReport sounds once again the alarm on the growing gap between rich and poor. Our World Inequality Report 2018 showed that the global top 1% captured 27% of total income growth since 1980. There's an urgent need for more transparency on wealth data.

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Merci beaucoup à @Mediapart @edwyplenel @JoConfa @fab_escalona @RomaricGodin @MartineOrange pour leur indispensable contribution au débat public sur les #in égalités. ➡ N'hésitez pas à nous rejoindre pour la présentation par l'auteur le 30/09 à 18h :

Capital et idéologie, Thomas Piketty - World Inequality Lab

Ce Débat de l’égalité aura lieu le 30 septembre 2019 de 18h à 19h30, et sera dédié à la présentation de Capital et idéologie, de Thomas Piketty. La conférence se […]

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Edwy Plenel

@edwyplenel

5 years

[THREAD ÉDITION SPÉCIALE] @Mediapart salue la sortie du nouveau livre événement de @PikettyLeMonde et en discute les thèses: 1 - La propriété, c'est le mal : par @JoConfa @fab_escalona @RomaricGodin ⤵️

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If you speak Spanish, read this policy brief by @mig_artola , @cmtneztt & @AliceSodano to understand income inequality and the impact of taxes in Spain, following the DINA methodology (Distributional National Accounts) developed at the WIL. Gracias @EsadeEcPol por la publicación!

EsadeEcPol

@EsadeEcPol

2 years

Hoy salimos con un informe muy importante de @mig_artola , @cmtneztt y @AliceSodano y para comprender la desigualdad de la renta y el papel de los impuestos, siguiendo la metodología del @WIL_inequality por primera vez para España 🧵 Hilo:

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🌟Congratulations @_Ignacio_Flores @thomas_blncht @Marc_Morgan_ ! A testimony to our efforts to continuously improve methodology to track inequality everywhere in the world

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This is how inequality increased in the past and how it might increase in the future. It’s time to change! Discover the World Inequality Report on and discuss about policies we can implement for a better future. #WIR2018

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What's new about inequality in North America and Oceania? 🌎 🧵 ⏩ #InequalityData @InequalityHKS @berkeleyecon

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📊 PUBLICATION | #Inequalities in #Europe Thomas Blanchet, @lucas_chancel and @amorygethin from the @WIL_inequality publish a new study on the evolution of #income #inequality in #Europe since 1980 ➡ Summary: 📑 Full study:

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🎖Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer for their Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences! This highlights their outstanding work and the crucial importance of the economics of #development #NobelPrize ➡

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6 years

Download the #wir2018 summary here 👉

Sylvain Riffé Stern

@SRiffeStern

6 years

The #wir2018 Summary is available in eight different languages: Download in English - Télécharger en français Descargar en español - Download auf Deutsch Cкачать на русском языке - تحميل باللغة العربية हिन्दी मेँ पढ़ने के लिए - 用中文下載

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🎥 REPLAY | @TheDailyShow In case you missed Thomas @PikettyLeMonde ( @WIL_inequality ) discussion with @Trevornoah on why #capitalism must be reformed, you can watch the replay: 🔗

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📑 PUBLICATION @bonneau_cecile & @SGrobon provide new facts on inequalities in access to higher #education by parental #income in 🇫🇷. ⚠ 35% of individuals have access to higher education at the bottom of the distribution, compared to 90% at the top

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Do you want to #TaxTheRich ?🤑 Play with our Wealth Tax Simulator: ✅Select any region of the world or the world as a whole ✅Input your preferred tax rates ✅See the potential tax revenue generated! 👉

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@WIL_inequality

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Income #inequality varies across world regions: it is lowest in Eurpoe and highest in the Middle East. Below the top 10% national income share across the world in 2016 #wir2018

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"Rich countries enjoy a privilege in their net foreign assets. They are issuers of international reserve currencies and bankers of the world" @gatonievas presented paper co-written with @AliceSodano at #UNTaxConvention conference in Paris

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