WID.world was initially created as the The World Top Incomes Database in January 2011. Thanks to the contribution of over a hundred researchers, the project expanded to include series on income and wealth inequality for more than thirty countries, spanning over most of the 20th and early 21st...

Papers are invited in the following theme areas: - National Accounts; - Productivity; - Poverty and Inequality; - Human Capital and Education; - Regional Integration and Global Value Chains; - Well-being, including Health, Food Security and Hunger; - Labour market, Skills and Jobs; - Structural...

Zugangschancen, wohnortnahe Versorgung und schließlich auch Gesundheit selbst, sind höchst ungleich verteilte Güter. Das zeigt sich beispielsweise im Unterschied der Lebenserwartung. Denn längst ist wissenschaftlich erwiesen: Wer arm oder wenig gebildet ist, wird öfter krank und stirbt...

The aim of the conference is to bring the discussion on recent trends in inequalities in the spotlight of the debate among political circles and policy makers. Topics will provide wider scope to the conference, ranging from the concept of inequality to the potential policies. Specific attention...

The aim of the conference is to present preliminary findings from the research unit “Horizontal Europeanization” to colleagues working on the sociology of Europe in Germany and abroad, and to discuss our empirical results with them. The conference will have the character of a workshop. It...

Sir Richard Blundell will discuss the ways in which people decide on different options, which criteria weigh in on decisions, how individual wages relate to household income, and which role savings have for these decisions. Sir Richard Blundell is Professor of Political Economy at University...

Topics: - productivity and sectoral allocation, - endogenous labour supply and structural transformation, - the role of services and intangibles in productivity dynamics, - the importance of the quality of institutions for different sectors, - sectoral reallocation and income inequality, -...

The conference is aimed at bringing together academics, policy makers, social security administrators and client representatives. It has an outspoken ambition to present research from multiple disciplines, thereby contributing towards a more global understanding of the devolution and...

List of Themes: Fertility, Family, Marriage and Work; Labour Market Discrimination; Retirement; Labour Supply and Taxation; Labour Force and Employment; Labour Demand; Occupational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility; Education, Training and Human Capital; Econometric Methods for Policy...

Topics: - Public goods, externalities and pro-social behaviour, - Welfare economics without revealed preferences, - Taxation and behavioral economics, - Neo-utilitarianism and happiness research: measures and implications for public intervention, - Social preferences, moral behaviour and...