Blog
Is a strong middle class the secret to high levels of human development?
by
David Castells-Quintana, Carlos Gradín, Vicente Royuela
April 2023
Many countries today experience increasing or persistent income inequality, a major concern for citizens and politicians alike. This concern is...
Blog
New WIID Companion to improve the study of inequality
by
Carlos Gradín
April 2021
There is a growing need to understand income inequality trends and how they interplay with other social, economic, and political outcomes, both at the...
Blog
Interview with Carlos Gradín on global inequality for the Conversation Weekly podcast
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UNU-WIDER
January 2022
The following is an excerpt: mRNA vaccines, asteroid missions and collaborative robots: what to watch in science in 2022 – podcast Daniel Merino, The...
Blog
In the Director's chair: Reflections on my first six months as Director
My first six months as Director of UNU-WIDER have been busy, enlightening, and rewarding. We’ve launched a new work programme, with flagship projects...
Blog
Inequality: Driving forces and policy solutions
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Carlos Gradín, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
May 2019
The many faces of inequality Measuring inequality isn’t as simple as it may seem. We know that since the 1970s global inequality has been falling in...
Panel discussion
Open dialogue on inequality in the 21st century
Fri, 29 March 2019
Ex-Press Bar, Third Floor of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters,
1st Avenue at 46th Street,
New York,
United States
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the 2023 Nordic Conference in Development Economics
Tue, 13 June 2023
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Thu, 15 June 2023
School of Business, Economics and Law,
Vasagatan 1,
Gothenburg,
Sweden
Past event
Project workshop
World Income Inequality Database (WIID) authors' workshop
UNU-WIDER's World Income Inequality Database research project holds a virtual workshop that brings together researchers selected under the project's open call for research proposals. The selected papers fulfill a project aim to improve understanding...
Mon, 4 July 2022
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Tue, 5 July 2022
Virtual,
Finland
Past event
Lecture
Global personal economic inequality and population dynamics
Presentation For more information on this lecture series, please refer to Critical Academy. UNU-WIDER WIID The UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database (WIID) collects and stores information on income inequality for developed, developing, and...
Tue, 19 November 2013
University of Helsinki,
Yliopistonkatu 4,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event