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The mission of the Center is to build and disseminate knowledge related to the causes, nature, and consequences of multiple forms of socio-economic inequality
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Paul Segal May 18
Learning about exciting new inequality data and methods at the Paris School of Economics with an awesome group of inequality scholars. (Too many to count!)
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Branko Milanovic May 18
Today at PSE conference shows the so-called elephant curve from our paper with and without adjustment for top incomes. (Will have 2013 data soon too).
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Janet Gornick 20h
New LIS paper in ‘Review of Income and Wealth’. ‘GDP Per Capita versus Median Household Incomes.’ By Brian Nolan, Max Roser, and Stefan Thewissen.
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Janet Gornick May 21
Your friends at the Stone Center are always happy to distract you from the constitutional crisis.
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Lucas Chancel May 18
The unofficial "World Cup of inequality measurement" just ended at the World Inequality Lab in Paris w/ ! Researchers all over the world are committed to systematically track & analyse economic inequality! Will governments also get in the game?
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Janet Gornick 19h
Remarkable article in : "The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy". Cites work of of on intergenerational mobility.
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Stone Center May 18
Stone Center Scholars are in Paris for workshop on "Harmonization of household surveys, fiscal data and national accounts, comparing approaches and establishing standards" with ,
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Sean Higgins May 17
. and kick off workshop on measuring top incomes and inequality . cc
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Beyond the Headlines May 17
is a full professor of economics at and senior scholar at . To learn more about Professor Corak’s work and research, visit his website:
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WID.world May 17
Today and tomorrow, we are co-organizing with , and / a workshop on "Harmonization of household surveys, fiscal data and national accounts: comparing approaches and establishing standards"
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Paul Krugman May 16
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Forum Disuguaglianze Diversità May 14
Le disuguaglianze tra i mondi e nei mondi. Quali sono? aprirà la giornata parlando di disuguaglianza globale 4 giugno 2018 - 👉 Per registrarvi: 📨 [email protected]
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Branko Milanovic May 15
New US data for 2016, and updated and revised data for Germany (all in ) show the following evolution of inequality. (Definitions of income are harmonized.)
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Branko Milanovic May 15
Branko Milanovic interviewed at Tufts University for 2018 Leontief Prize
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Miles Corak May 15
Replying to @OECD_Social
In spite of the salience of these risks, not many people were willing to pay higher taxes to address them. Only 1/3 of those in the survey were willing to pay an additional 2% of income for healthcare and pensions, and much less for other risks
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Miles Corak May 15
Replying to @OECD_Social
When thinking about the next ten years, young people are most worried about securing adequate housing, according to survey in 19 countries
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Miles Corak May 15
Replying to @OECD_Social
. finds that in the long term "people are by far most worried about their pension", but parents have the added fear about intergenerational mobility, that is about the future of their children.
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Miles Corak May 15
Replying to @OECD_Social
Housing costs seem to be at the root of income risks for low income households, according to
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Miles Corak May 15
Replying to @OECD_Social
. finds that a big three of risks continue to matter for citizens of rich countries in the near term: 1. income security in old age, 2. falling ill, 3. fear of not being able to meet daily expenses
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Branko Milanovic May 11
Children are coming back home! ( calculated by Nishant Yonzan)
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