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The social psychology of economic inequalityIn this review, I provide an overview of the literature investigating the social psychology of economic inequality, focusing on individuals’ understandings, perceptions, and reactions to inequality...
Inequality Economic inequality Psychological aspects (Economics)Research Brief
Does exchange rate volatility amplify existing inequalities in South Africa?Even though poverty and inequality have been of overriding concern in South Africa’s development policies and programmes since its democratization in 1994, measures of poverty, inequality, and related phenomena in the country do not show a clea...
Functional distribution Income distribution Economic inequalityBlog
35 years of research for change – what's next?: Building just societiesTo celebrate its 35 th birthday, UNU-WIDER has looked back at some of its greatest achievements...
Structural transformation Economic inequality Economic developmentBlog
The developer’s dilemma in India – the role of politics and economic ideologyPolicy makers seeking inclusive growth frequently face the developer’s dilemma between prioritizing structural transformation, which is potentially inequitable, and keeping a check on rising economic inequality...
Structural transformation Economic inequality Economic developmentBlog
Late development, early adoption – how new technology is reshaping the future of structural change
Technological catch-up is bringing new asynchronies to development pathways. What does this mean for employment, globalization, and inequality?...
Structural transformation Technology Developer's dilemmaBlog
Studying COVID-19 through the lens of microsimulation: The role of tax and benefit policies in alleviating poverty and inequalityAs the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, developing nations are struggling to deliver economic assistance and public services to their citizens, under pressures of fiscal constraints and tax revenue losses...
Tax-benefit microsimulation Tax-benefit policy Individual povertyBlog
35 years of research for change: Bringing inequality to the fore (1998-2020)
UNU-WIDER released the world’s first estimates of the global wealth distribution in 2007 – one result of a 2004 – 05 project, ‘ Personal Assets from a Global Perspective ’...
Global inequality Economic inequalityResearch Brief
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UNU-WIDER at 35: Letter from the Director
2020 promised to be a big year for UNU-WIDER, with the celebration of our 35th anniversary, the 45th birthday of UNU, and 75 years of the UN...
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) IMF Human Development ReportProject workshop
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust: 2nd Annual WorkshopMore than 30 participants attended the 2nd annual workshop for ‘Trust and Governance’ project, held virtually on the 16th and 17th April 2020. The workshop was initially set to be held in Colombia but had to be moved to a virtual...
Research Brief
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Deepak Nayyar lecture at LSE on Resurgent AsiaThe lecture will analyse the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago. In doing so, it provides an analytical narrative of this remarkable story of economic development,...
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Why is inequality in South Africa higher than in Germany?: Explaining income distributions with ‘decompositions’
The understanding of inequality requires the analysis of changes in income distributions across countries and over time as well as the identification of its drivers...
Economic inequality Income inequality Methodology (Economics)Panel discussion
A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
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Measuring multidimensional inequality of opportunityThis paper develops a normative approach to the measurement of ex-ante inequality of opportunity in a multidimensional setting—that is, when the individual outcome is represented by a multidimensional variable...
Equality of opportunity Economic inequality Multidimensional welfareLecture
Delhi School of Economics lecture on economic development in Asia, by Deepak NayyarOn 14 January Professor Deepak Nayyar will attend the Delhi School of Economics to give a lecture on ‘Economic development in Asia: Learning from half a century of transformation’. The lecture draws from his recently published book,...