The #IIPF2024 Peggy and Richard Musgrave Prize goes to @davidleiteN (Paris School of Economics) for his paper "The Firm as Tax Shelter: Micro Evidence and Aggregate Implications of Consumption Through the Firm".

❓ Who votes for whom❓ EXPLORE the data and trends in inequality and political transformations in contemporary democracies 🔻 explore.wpid.world

Online early, another paper with high-dimensional fixed effects, joint with Paulo Guimarães, Hugo Reis, and Ana Rute Cardoso. doi.org/10.1162/rest_a…

1/ 📰Our impact assessment of the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Pillar One Amount A has recently been published in International Tax and Public Finance w/ Mona Baraké Who are the winners/losers from this partial implementation of global formulary apportionment?🧶 #TaxReform #PillarOne 👉link.springer.com/article/10.100…

This special issue is the second in a two-part series on the evolution of labour market and disposable income inequalities over recent decades in Europe and North America. | Changing Labour Market and Income Inequalities: Part Two onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890/2…

Do demographic trends help predict the outcomes of US elections? We checked in our new NBER paper "Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of US Elections" with Richard Calvo and Jesse Shapiro. A 🧵on what we do and find #EconTwitter #PoliSciTwitter. (1/n)

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility: Evidence from World War II,” by Garin (Andy Garin) and Rothbaum: doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

Escreveram-se páginas de história pelo Sporting Clube de Portugal 🦁 Míster Rúben Amorim 💚 🏆🏆 Campeonatos Nacionais 🏆🏆 Taças da Liga 🏆 Supertaça

Bem-vindo, míster João Pereira 💚

New on inequalitylab.world: "Firms as tax shelters: The disguise of personal expenses as business expenses", by D. Leite Key finding: individuals who control firms shift 36% of their monthly personal expenditures to firms Conclusion: inequality is underestimated;

The tariffs are mad; but what’s equally mad is that they somehow come as a surprise, when Trump has campaigned non-stop on this and controls all branches of government Precious time has been lost, but it’s not too late for countries to mount an effective response 1/x

Victoire historique : La loi pour taxer les milliardaires a été adoptée par l’Assemblée Nationale après d’intenses débats. C’est un pas de géant pour la France et cela pourrait inspirer d’autres pays. Une immense avancée !

📷 Vêem-se cravos nos canos de muitas espingardas, oferecidos aos soldados por populares. #25a74

Incredibly happy to see my paper forthcoming in QJE! I quantify how much of worldwide growth and poverty reduction can be accounted for by education over 1980-2019. A quick summary 1/9 👇

1/ 📢Our new paper “Tax Progressivity & Inequality in Brazil: Evidence from Integrated Administrative Data” is now public! We reveal new data on income concentration & the first estimate of effective tax rates paid by Brazil’s super-rich. #Inequality #TaxPolicy

On the Zucman tax and Mistral. Yes, among the 1800 taxpayers with more than 100 million in assets, there are a few who have participations in firms that are highly valued and do not generate yet substantial benefits. Mistral being an example. Asking them to pay the Zucman tax in

📆 Save the date: the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at Paris School of Economics. The call for papers is open until December 1. 🔗 More details & submission: inequalitylab.world/en/event/world… The conference is organized in partnership