Join the network
77 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...
Filter by...
Journal Article
Intergenerational Mobility and Interpersonal Inequality in an African EconomyPart of Journal Special Issue Land and Property Rights
Consumption Equality and inequality Land tenureBlog
Global Inequality – What’s Going On?
26 September 2014 Roger Williamson Huge interest in the WIDER Inequality Conference (5-6 September) Inequality is big news...
Economic development projects Education Equality and inequalityBook Chapter
Recent Distributive Changes in Latin America: An OverviewFrom the book: Falling Inequality in Latin America
Equality and inequality Government accountability Income distributionBlog
Sharing for Prosperity
17 April 2013 Minister Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås Economic growth in itself will not end poverty...
Children Democracy Economic growthBlog
From the Editor's Desk (February 2013)
Tony Addison As the snow continues to lie deep across Helsinki, UNU-WIDER is putting the last touches to the ReCom results meeting on ‘aid and the social sectors’, which takes place at Sida in Stockholm on 13 March...
Industrialization Econometric models (Economic development) ChildrenWorking Paper
Measuring Economic InsecurityWe provide an axiomatic treatment of the measurement of economic insecurity, assuming that individual insecurity depends on the current wealth level and its variations experienced in the past...
Methodology (Economics) Index numbers (Economics) WealthBook Chapter
The Simple Analytics of Elite Behaviour under Limited State CapacityFrom the book: The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Income distribution Political science WealthBlog
From the Editor's desk (October 2011) Tony Addison As autumn moves into winter in Helsinki, it is time to bring you the October edition of UNU-WIDER’s newsletter, WIDER Angle...
Consumption Democracy DistributionWorking Paper
Is It What You Inherited Or What You Learnt?: Intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in SenegalUsing original survey data on Senegal that include an individualized measure of consumption, we study the role played by land inheritance, other bequests and parental background as influences on an adult’s economic welfare and economic activiti...
Consumption Equality and inequality Land tenureNews
Contribution to a Special issue Celebrating Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's 75th BirthdayA new paper by Wim Naudé entitled 'Entrepreneurship and Human Development: A Capability Approach', has been included in a recent special issue of the Journal of Public Economics (Vol. 95 (3-4), celebrating Amartya Sen's 75th birthday.
Entrepreneurship Human development ChoiceWorking Paper
The Simple Analytics of Elite Behaviour Under Limited State CapacityThis paper discusses the issue of taxation and redistribution in economies dominated by Elites with limited state capacity...
Income distribution Political science WealthWorking Paper
The New Grand Bourgeoisie under Post-Communism: Central Europe, Russia and China ComparedIn the former socialist redistributive economies, the transition to market economy and the conversion to private ownership followed different trajectories...
Income distribution Post-communism SocialismBlog
Wealth Distribution, the Financial Crisis and EntrepreneurshipWim Naudé and James C. MacGee Globally, wealth is very unequally distributed, both within countries and between countries...
Economic policy (Business enterprises) Capital market EntrepreneurshipBook Chapter
Changes in the Distribution of Wealth in China, 1995-2002From the book: Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective
Equality and inequality Household survey HouseholdsBook
Personal Wealth from a Global PerspectiveThere is great media fascination in the activities and lifestyles of the super-rich...
Equality and inequality Households Income distributionWorking Paper
The World Distribution of Household WealthThere has been much recent research on the world distribution of income, but also growing recognition of the importance of other contributions to well-being, including those of household wealth...
Equality and inequality Personal finance Households