Neighbourhoods won’t be improved by banning the unemployed

• Jos van Ommeren
• Hans Koster

DP17483 Inequality and Growth: A Review on a Great Open Debate in Economics

• Enea Baselgia
• Reto Foellmi

The regional development trap in Europe

• Michael Storper
• Simona Iammarino
• Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
• Andreas Diemer

The impact of mechanisation on wages and employment: Evidence from the diffusion of steam power

• Carla Salvo
• Jacob Weisdorf
• Leonardo Ridolfi

On equality and fairness

• Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty tells Tim Phillips that we should continue setting ambitious targets in education and political participation

Growing apart: Declining within- and across-village risk sharing in rural China

• Yu Zheng
• Costas Meghir
• Corina Mommaerts
• Orazio Attanasio

Levelling up Europe’s left-behind places

• Henry Overman

Recorded live at CEPR Paris Symposium 2022: Inequality isn’t just between individuals, but between regions too. Henry Overman explains to Tim Phillips why these disparities exist, why they are so persistent, and whether regional policies to "level up" left-behind places will succeed.

Capturing top incomes and measuring inequality in Europe

• Marc Morgan
• Brian Nolan
• Rafael Carranza

Structural reforms to help address the cost of living crisis and boost long-run supply potential

• Balázs Égert
• David Turner
• Jarmila Botev

Wealth of two nations: The US racial wealth gap, 1860-2020

• Moritz Schularick
• Chi Hyun Kim
• Moritz Kuhn
• Ellora Derenoncourt

Piketty on equality

• Thomas Piketty interviewed by
• Tim Phillips

Recorded live at CEPR Paris Symposium 2022: Thomas Piketty’s short new book promises A brief history of equality. He tells Tim Phillips about why institutions are precarious, why policymakers should consider the consequences for inequality before they intervene – but also why we should be optimistic about the long-term trends in equality.

The foster care-to-prison pipeline

• Jason Baron