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Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our timeUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES) convenes a three-day conference on reducing inequality, held in Bogotá, Colombia, on 5-7 October 2022...
Journal Article
Promoting education under distortionary taxation: Equality of opportunity versus welfarismTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | A common claim in the policy discourse is that a government wishing to achieve equality of opportunity should use public provision of education for equalisation of opportunities rather than income taxation, which only ...
Educational subsidies Equality of opportunity Income taxPanel discussion
UNU-WIDER at ISA 2022 Annual ConventionUNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino and Research Associate Rute Martins Caeiro join in a virtual panel discussion Trust and Governance in Unstable Democracies on 29 March 2022 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC-5) as part of the International Studies...
Journal Article
Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017THIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | Longitudinal surveys allow us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage determine present material welfare and economic upward or downward mobility over time...
Economic inequality Poverty Dynamics Social stratificationSeminar
Brian Levy and Alan Hirsch on the challenge of economic inclusion in South Africa
Blog
Virtuous circles and downward spirals: The power of ideas & the limits of technocracy
What will it take to shake loose the distemper of our times, and initiate a virtuous spiral of renewal?...
Sustainable development Institutional quality DemocracySeminar
Luis Felipe López Calva on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Policy seminar
SA-TIED policy dialogue – Macroeconomics and inequality in South Africa
Presentation
SOUTHMOD presented at the IAB seminar seriesThe Institute for Employment Research ( IAB ) is hosting an online seminar series " Corona - leveler or amplifier of social and economic inequality? ". The weekly seminar series aims to bring together empirically rigorous contributions...
Seminar
SA-TIED seminar on pension-related tax expendituresOn 03 May the SA-TIED programme will host an online seminar on pension-related tax expenditures. The presentation will be given by Agustin Redonda and Chris Axelson under the SA-TIED project work stream on Public revenue for inclusive development ...
Project workshop
3rd Annual workshop: Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
Blog
New WIID Companion to improve the study of inequality
There is a growing need to understand income inequality trends and how they interplay with other social, economic, and political outcomes, both at the country level and worldwide...
Inequality Equality Economic inequalityWorking Paper
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 development