Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓ 🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run. Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...

There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing. Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇

New @stone-lis.bsky.social Working Paper by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Zhexun Mo, coauthored by Sehyun Hong, Nak Nyeon Kim, and our Affiliated Scholar Li Yang. This fascinating paper assesses income #inequality in South Korea during the course of nearly a century. @zhexunmo.bsky.social 👇👇👇

South Korea's transformation from one of the poorest countries to an economic powerhouse masked significant disparities in income and opportunity. A new WP by @shong95.bsky.social, Nak Nyeon Kim, @zhexunmo.bsky.social, and Li Yang provides new inequality estimates from 1933 to 2022. bit.ly/4nTm91E

📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris. 📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1! ▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor... @pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social

Now available in english *A History of Political Conflict. Elections and Social Inequalities in France 1789-2022* 📚 Our book with Julia Cagé is out at @harvardpress.bsky.social >>> www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... All data sets available below 👇

What would a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources look like at the global level from 2025 to 2100 – both between and within countries? From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers. inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju... [1/5]🧵

Recently accepted by #QJE, “What Drives Risky Prescription Opioid Use? Evidence from Migration,” by Finkelstein, Gentzkow, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Just finished teaching a class on taxation in the Economics and Public Policy master's at @sciencespo.bsky.social. My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here: 👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_... Feedback very welcome!

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...

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

Congratulations to @rowaida96.bsky.social for this very important historical work – a first of its kind in any country or land reform context.

The Paris School of Economics Stone center on Global Wealth Dynamics is offering fully-funded PhD fellowships for student working on inequality. Deadline May 4. Details and applications here 👇👇👇 stone-center-pse.eu/grants/phd-f...

🚨 We're hiring! Join us to update the World Inequality Database🌐 We're looking for someone available full-time for at least 12 months starting July or Sept with: ✅ Master 1/2 ✅ 0–2 years experience ✅Knowledge of Stata ✅Ability to collaborate on computer code 👉 inequalitylab.world/en/job/junio...

Come work with us!

JOB ALERT❗At the Department of Finance of @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we are looking for 4 Full-time Teaching and Research Assistants (TRAs) for next academic year. Deadline to apply: May 6th!

The child mental health crisis has existed for decades, but the link between poor mental health and youth suicide is mediated by policy and can be broken, from Janet Currie https://www.nber.org/papers/w33632

@wid.world's team and WIL Fellows around the world are doing tremendous, important work to expand the World Inequality Database and advance research on inequality. Thank you to everyone involved, including our partners, funders, and journalists who support this effort. indd.adobe.com/view/00786bf...

Now out, a compilation of my writing on inequality and what we can do about it. Published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. Available to order and will ship on April 6: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Healthcare employment in the US has skyrocketed since 1980. Healthcare is a middle-class jobs engine, but "manufacturing-to-meds" transitions are not saving the Rust Belt, from @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, Kevin Rinz, and Victoria Udalova https://www.nber.org/papers/w33583

Patients who are trained as physicians have 19.8 percent fewer visits to the emergency department, principally due to fewer avoidable visits, from Pragya Kakani, Simone Matecna, and Amitabh Chandra https://www.nber.org/papers/w33573

I am delighted to welcome Bina Agarwal to @pse.bsky.social tomorrow and honoured to present her with this award, along with @lucaschancel.bsky.social and Eloi Laurent. There's still time to register - join us!

Two features of wealth tax administration in Sweden, filing requirements and pre-populated returns, have a large impact on compliance, from Emmanuel Saez and David G. Seim https://www.nber.org/papers/w33419

Excited to share that my first publication is officially online now, in the European Journal of Political Economy. Huge thanks to my incredible coauthors: @yuchenhuang.bsky.social, Nora and Margot. Check out the paper online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⌛J-1 avant notre Débat de l'Egalité entre @georgemonbiot.bsky.social & Thomas Piketty! ⏰ 12:30 – 13:30 🎟️ Gratuit sur inscription inequalitylab.world/en/event/the... @pse.bsky.social @editionsdufaubourg.bsky.social

Thrilled to see our paper published! Huge thanks to @aeajournals.bsky.social and everyone who supported this work! I'm immensely grateful to my amazing co-authors (especially @s-stantcheva.bsky.social and @adrien-fabre.bsky.social who are around here) 🥳 🥳

⌛1 week left before our #EqualityDebate: @georgemonbiot.bsky.social & Thomas Piketty 📚1 day left before the release *The Invisible Doctrine* in French. Book on sale and available for signing at the event. FREE event. Open to all. Sign up now👉 inequalitylab.world/en/event/the... @pse.bsky.social

I have now posted 14 decks of slides covering a lot of DiD materials. I also want to add a few more decks: - Triple Differences - DiD with Continuous Treatment - Instrumented DiD - Synthetic DiD and related extensions - Heterogeneity analysis in DiD I also want to add more applications to these!

Here are the first five sets of slides: 01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro... 02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b... 03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust... 04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct... 05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...

Asset testing of a social transfer for low income elderly in Denmark has a large impact on their wealth, from Niels Johannesen, Johan Sæverud, and Emmanuel Saez https://www.nber.org/papers/w33189

Don't miss the 2025 Econometric Society World Congress in Seoul, South Korea! Submissions open today! youtu.be/5-g6bgnnfdI #EconSky #EconTwitter #ESWC2025 #CallForPapers #econometrics #macroeconomics #microeconomics