To benchmark and monitor economic inequality across countries, the OECD relies on two dedicated statistical databases: the OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD), which offers data on levels and trends in income inequality and poverty, and the OECD Wealth Distribution Database (WDD), which collects...
WID.world combines different data sources: national accounts, survey data, fiscal data, and wealth rankings. By doing so, it becomes possible to track more precisely the evolution of all income or wealth levels, from the bottom to the top. The key novelty of WID.world is to use such data in a system...
Oxfam | The analysis finds the 10 wealthiest Californians are now worth a collective $1.045 trillion, up $338.4 billion from March 2025. Oxfam released a new analysis showing how billionaire wealth in California has exploded over the last year, underscoring the need for tax reform to curb inequality...
UN | Development financing trends are going in the wrong direction, the United Nations warned today. In many areas, progress has not only stalled but is reversing due to weakened global collaboration, rising trade barriers, increased geopolitical tensions, repeated climate-related shocks, and an ala...
Oxfam | The amount of untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the richest 0.1 percent exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people), reveals new Oxfam analysis published today ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers. The findings show that, a decade later, the s...
LSE | Do technological advances complement human labour, boosting productivity and wages? Or do they lead to workers being displaced? There are examples of both dynamics. But new research from Raquel Sebastián, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Juan César Palomino and Juan Gabriel Rodríguez looks at the net effec...