Inequality

Unequal wealth: Policy implications for the European Union

Zsolt Darvas

Double tax – why women pay it and what to do about it

Fixing gender inequality could reap big gains for the entire economy

Rebecca Christie, Marie-Sophie Lappe and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

Gender diversity and economic growth

The gains from gender inclusiveness are likely to be much larger than standard economic models estimate

Jonathan D. Ostry

Inflation inequality in the European Union and its drivers

Grégory Claeys, Lionel Guetta-Jeanrenaud, Conor McCaffrey and Lennard Welslau

The cost of protectionism will be paid by the world’s poorest

Shekhar Aiyar

Global inequality is narrowing — and that is cause for celebration

Westerners worried about growing disparities at home shouldn’t overlook the transformative effect of liberalisation in India and China

Shekhar Aiyar

Income inequality and the liberal economic order: a not entirely Western perspective

This essay argues that global welfare gains should be safeguarded and built on, not undermined by a blinkered perception of liberalism.

Shekhar Aiyar

Income inequality hardly changed during the COVID-19 pandemic

Contrary to expectations, there was no widespread increase in either within-country or global income inequality during the pandemic

Zsolt Darvas

Productivity parity is the road to gender equality

Women can reach a higher potential in the workforce if men begin to play their part.

Rebecca Christie

Skills-based hiring: tackling the labour shortages

What is skills-based hiring and how can it improve labour or skill shortages?

Duygu Güner, Mona Mourshed and Giuseppe Porcaro

Why do patriarchal systems survive?

In this podcast episode, we explore how the patriarchy intersects with economy, society and polity.

Nancy Folbre and Giuseppe Porcaro

Uptake and inequality of telework dashboard

A dashboard that monitors the uptake and inequality of telework in the EU across countries, years, occupations and socio-demographic groups.

Tom Schraepen, Laura Nurski and Michal Krystyanczuk

Economy: Inflation peaking, recession looming?

In 2023 we might see positive economic surprises in Europe: better-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected inflation.

Zsolt Darvas

Does inflation hit the poor hardest everywhere?

Low-income households suffer most from high inflation, but in some European Union countries the inflation burden is felt more equally than others.

Grégory Claeys, Conor McCaffrey and Lennard Welslau

The sometimes puzzling differences in transatlantic earnings growth

Low-skill workers have seen faster wage growth than high-skill workers in many EU countries, contrary to the United States.

Zsolt Darvas and Maria Savona