We measure pre- and post-tax income inequality in Moscow Province in 1811. We collect new data on incomes for 7 … serfdom resulted in high inequality and extraction levels as well as low social mobility in spite of low levels of enforcement … by the state. We compare our results with those for 1904 and find that, in spite despite emancipation, inequality …

constant correction to survey-derived inequality estimates. Underreporting of income by the bottom 50 percent of the world … global poverty and inequality have declined dramatically between 1980 and 2019. Finally, we find that within …-country inequality is falling on average and has been largely constant since the 1990s. …

We measure pre- and post-tax income inequality in Moscow Province in 1811. We collect new data on incomes for 7 … serfdom resulted in high inequality and extraction levels as well as low social mobility in spite of low levels of enforcement … by the state. We compare our results with those for 1904 and find that, in spite despite emancipation, inequality …

In this paper, we use a static fiscal incidence analysis model to evaluate the poverty and inequality impacts of using … substantially reduce poverty and inequality to varying degrees depending on the taxes and transfers used. …