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A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
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UNU-WIDER releases new version of the World Income Inequality Database
Equality and inequality WIID Journal Article
Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?Despite the growing interest in global inequality, assessing inequality trends is a major challenge because individual data on income or consumption is not often available...
Inequality Income distribution Top incomesJournal Article
Inequality in Education and Wealth in Tanzania: A 25-Year PerspectivePart of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South
Education Equality and inequality WealthJournal Article
Vertical and Horizontal Inequality in Ecuador: The Lack of SustainabilityPart of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South
Equality and inequality Poverty Sustainable developmentJournal Article
The Effects of the Value-Added Tax on Revenue and InequalityThis paper examines the impact of the introduction of the value-added tax on inequality and government revenues using newly released macro data...
Economic development Equality and inequality TaxationJournal Article
Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision and inequality in India, 1988–2012Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
Education Equality and inequality Health careNews
Rachel Gisselquist gives TEDx talk on rethinking the diversity debate
Ethnic diversity Equality and inequality Book Chapter
Changing labour market indicators and the rate of economic growth in Latin America during the 2000sFrom the book: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Economic growth Equality and inequality Labor marketBook Chapter
Cross-country patterns: economic growth rate and changes in labour market indicatorsFrom the book: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Economic growth Equality and inequality Labor marketBook Chapter
Within-country analysis of the growth-employment-poverty nexus: Additional EvidenceFrom the book: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Economic growth Equality and inequality Labor marketBook Chapter
Conclusions from the cross-country analysisFrom the book: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Economic growth Equality and inequality Labor marketNews
Stockholm Statement – Towards a new consensus on the principles of policy-making for the contemporary worldThirteen economists, which included four former Chief Economists of the World Bank, met over two days at Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, on 16-17 September 2016, to discuss the challenges faced by today’s economic policy makers. The meeting was...
New Directions in Development Economics Equality and inequality Sustainable developmentBlog
Some good news from Mozambique: poverty levels have been reducedThere has been a serious deficit of good news in Mozambique for quite some time...
Equality and inequality PovertyBook Chapter
Ghana: A successful growth story with job creation concernsFrom the book: Africa's Lions
Economic growth Employees Equality and inequalityWorking Paper
Horizontal inequalities and affirmative action: An analysis of attitudes towards redistribution across groups in AfricaInequalities between ethnic or racial groups, defined as horizontal inequalities, are pervasive and persistent. They persist due to cumulative and reinforcing inequalities arising from unequal access to different types of capital...
Equality and inequality Ethnic relations Income distribution