Inequality

By Mikkel Hermansen, Economist, OECD Economics Department What is the relevant perspective for evaluating people’s living standards in advanced countries? According to standard assessments of inequality it is fellow citizens within the…

Mr. Jon Pareliussen, Economist, Sweden/Finland desk, Economics Department The Nordics are rightly renowned for being inclusive societies with low inequality compared to other OECD countries. However, some of the largest inequality…

by Ben Westmore, China Desk, OECD Economics Department The goal of the Chinese government to achieve a “moderately prosperous society in all respects” by 2020 is centred around improving social welfare throughout the population. One of…

Originally posted in The Daily Star on 23 March 2024 The levels of Gini coefficient and the significantly large difference in the shares of top and bottom 10 percent remain quite disquieting. FILE PHOTO: RAJIB…

1. IntroductionThe perennial issue of income inequality has persistently ignited intense debates, particularly among economists, gaining significant traction in the aftermath of economic downturns following the largest wave of European…

By Mabel Gabriel and Alberto Gonzalez Pandiella, OECD Economics Department Despite strong economic growth, Costa Rica’s income inequality has increased in the past decade, in stark contrast with other Latin American countries (OECD, 2016…

Income inequality has been a persistent feature of California’s economy for decades. Latino and Black families earn $0.60 or less for every $1 that white families earn, according to a PPIC analysis of US Census data.…

By Rajashri Chakrabarti, Natalia Emanuel, and Ben Lahey Wealth is unevenly distributed across racial and ethnic groups in the United States. In this first post in a two-part series on wealth inequality, we use the…

Rajashri Chakrabarti, Natalia Emanuel, and Ben Lahey Editor’s note: Since this post was first published, percentages cited in the first paragraph have been corrected. (February 7, 1pm) Following our post on racial and…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14dvAICsRc GENEVA (ILO news) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to roll out a global communication campaign called “This Way to Social Justice”, aimed at intensifying efforts…

Publication | Link | Open Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General and President of the World Bank-Setting Serious Goals to Combat Inequality

It’s hard to avoid earthquakes if you live in Los Angeles. Underneath the sprawling city-scape, a tangle of potentially active faults makes residents worry when the next one might strike.A powerful earthquake would likely affect nearly…

The steady rise of market power in the United States has undercut productivity growth, contributed to inequality, and reduced ordinary Americans' living standards. Fortunately, US antitrust authorities are…

Contrarily to the multiple vaccination rounds that developed countries benefited from, most African nations did not reach complete vaccination coverage (Figure 2) . Several aspects contributed to the vaccine distribution inequity,…

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Inequalities hinder a just transition to net zero and constrain who can feasibly adopt additional low-carbon behaviors. These include inequalities in GHG emissions,…

DesignA protocol for our scoping review was developed a priori . According to the scoping review framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley , and extended by Levac et al. , the work proceeded in six steps: Step 1: Identifying the…

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Climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspot LMICs across the globe. Credit: © 2023 Lecoutere, Mishra, Singaraju, Koo, Azzarri, Chanana, Nico and Puskur…

Public Health Foundation of India president Srinath Reddy, Nobel laureate Joseph E Stiglitz, President of the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada Rohinton P Medhora, and Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican…

  07/03/2018 - Latvia should strengthen old-age safety nets and raise the basic state pension in order to reduce pensioner poverty, especially among women, and address the challenge of a fast declining…

On 11 February 2018, OECD Secretary-General Ángel Gurría launched Embracing Innovation in Government: Global Trends 2018 at the World Government Summit in Dubai. The report was authored by the OECD Observatory of Public Sector…

  08/03/2018 - The OECD has launched an initiative for International Women’s Day to help governments, parliaments and judiciaries to design gender-sensitive public policies and services and accelerate their…

  04/02/2021 - Chile has been plunged into recession by the double shock of the late-2019 social protests and the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Sound public finances have enabled bold stimulus action to support the…

  14/03/2018 - Korea’s economy has progressed rapidly over the past 40 years, catching up with the level of well-being in most OECD countries. It now needs to continue and speed up the reforms of its labour…

  10/12/2020 - The COVID-19 crisis has plunged Finland into its deepest recession since the early 1990s even though swift government support has cushioned the shock, making for a smaller output drop than in many…

  16/12/2020 - Brazil was pulling out of a long recession when the COVID-19 outbreak hit, bringing the economy back into another, even deeper recession. However, swift government support has helped millions of…

OECD Conference on wealth inequalities: measurement and policies, 26 April 2018 - OECD …

  18/03/2021 - The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted two decades of steady growth and rising living standards in Indonesia, triggering the first recession in a generation and highlighting the need to improve skills,…

  05/12/2019 - India is set for a modest recovery after a loss of momentum, as reforms to simplify taxation, lighten business regulations and upgrade infrastructure start to bear fruit. Further reforms to…

  OECD OBESITY UPDATE 2017 Today, more than one in two adults and nearly one in six children are overweight or obese in the OECD area. The obesity epidemic has spread further in the past five years, although…

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According to shocking new research by Oxfam, the world’s richest 1% will, on current trends, own more than half the world’s wealth by 2016. Wealthy individuals have sustained their vast riches particularly through a few important…

  29/05/2019 - The Latvian economy is thriving, with strong job growth driving convergence with more advanced economies. Efforts should now focus on reducing inequality, responding to the challenges posed by…

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http://www.weforum.org/World-leading experts provide a briefing and will answer questions on income inequality and how to combat itSpeaker Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and…

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and French economist Thomas Piketty. The wide-ranging discussion touched on climate change, free trade, the role of labor unions and the link between inequality, political instability and war.

Complete video at: Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz proposes alternatives to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measurement of national economic success. ----- Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz ("Globalization and…