On the day of the launch of the #GlobalJusticeReport, the coordinators @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @lucaschancel.bsky.social @cmohren.bsky.social @rowaida96.bsky.social @moritzoder.bsky.social & @anmol-smnch.bsky.social published this opinion piece 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how

Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab

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Women work more than men hours but earn, on average, 43% less per hour when you factor in domestic as well as economic labour – @marie-andreescu.bsky.social, Valentina Gabrielli, Romaine Loubes & Anne-Sophie Robilliard of the @wid.world #LSEInequalitiesBlog blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

Women work more than men – but the economy still pays them less

Looking at domestic & economic labour together, women work more but earn 43% less than men, on average – much greater than usual estimates of the gender pay gap

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Today we are launching the Global Justice Project. This is the result of two years of research involving more than 40 contributors from around the world. We propose a path to €5,000-a-month average incomes for all countries within +1.8°C of warming. 👇👇👇 globaljusticeproject.wid.world

Global Justice Project

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💥 NEUE DOKU in der @artefr.bsky.social Mediathek 💥 Eskaliert die Ungleichheit? Oder war es früher eh viel schlimmer? feat. @martynalinartas.bsky.social @guidoalfani.bsky.social @rowaida96.bsky.social Das war mal eine Recherche! Ihr schaut rein, ja? 🙏🏻⤵️

Gibt es heute mehr soziale Ungleichheit als früher? - Stimmt es, dass ...? - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Sind die Reichsten heute reicher als je zuvor? Die Dokumentation zeigt, wie sich die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich über Jahrtausende entwickelte: von den ersten Staaten über den Sklavenhandel und die ...

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Which countries have fertility rates above or below the “replacement level”? Fertility rates — which measure the average number of children per woman — have been falling worldwide. Since 1950, global fertility rates have halved, from almost 5 children per woman to 2.2.

CfP for our 3rd Annual HPE Conference @uscprice.bsky.social @usc.edu sponsored by @usccis.bsky.social and PIPE. Submit by May 30. If you work on MENA, I am running a smaller pre-conference for HPE papers focused on the region. @polisky.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Third Annual Historical Political Economy Conference: Call for Papers

Co-organized by Allison Hartnett, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Jeffery A. Jenkins, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law University of Southern California Oc...

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It was a pleasure to welcome Amira Saber Kandil, Egyptian senator and President of the Human Rights Committee, to the World Inequality Lab this week. She met with our co-director @rowaida96.bsky.social for a rich exchange on inequality and taxation, climate change, and international cooperation.

EGYPT’S 1952 AGRARIAN REFORM curbed deep-rooted inequality and weakened the landed elite, but failed to reach the poorest landowners and the landless. Read my new WP: “Long-Term Land Inequality and Post-Colonial Land Reform in Egypt (1896–2020)” More findings 👇 #Egypt #Inequality #LandReform

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New study by @rowaida96.bsky.social on #land #inequality in Egypt 🇪🇬 shows that: 🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980 🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...