The economics of inequality

Welfare state redistribution

Dr. Matthias Schnetzer

December 02, 2022

Recap

  • What is the definition of net wealth?
  • What data do we have to analyze the distribution of household wealth?
  • Which methods are commonly used to adjust for the non-response bias?
  • How large are the differences between wealth inequality and income inequality?

The rise of the welfare state

Evolution of income taxation

Bibliography

PI 2159 Special Topics in Economic Policy | Winter term 2022/23

Chancel, Lucas/Piketty, Thomas/Saez, Emmanuel/Zucman, Gabriel (2022). World inequality report 2022. World Inequality Lab.