Publications
Liste des publications/List of publications
Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities. A Study of 50 Democracies (1948-2020) (co-edited with A. Gethin and C. Martinez-Toledano), Harvard University Press, 2021, 580p. Clivages politiques et inégalités sociales. Une étude de 50 démocraties (1948-2020) (co-dirigé avec A. Gethin et C. Martinez-Toledano), EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil, 2021, 624p.
World Inequality Report 2022 (co-edited with L. Chancel, E. Saez, G. Zucman), WIL, 2022, 236p. Online version, Data Appendix. (Harvard University Press, 2022, 253p.). Rapport sur les inégalités mondiales 2022 (co-dirigé avec L. Chancel, E. Saez, G. Zucman), Seuil, 2022, 491p.
Distributional National Accounts Guidelines: Methods and Concepts used in the World Inequality Database (co-edited with L. Chancel, I. Flores, R. Moshrif, G. Nievas), WIL, 2025, 207p. (2020 version) (2016 version)
World Inequality Report 2026 (co-edited with L. Chancel, R. Gomez-Carrera, R. Moshrif), WIL, 2026, 208p. Online Version, Data Appendix. (Polity, 2026, 226p.). Rapport sur les inégalités mondiales 2026 (co-dirigé avec L. Chancel, R. Gomez-Carrera, R. Moshrif), Seuil, 2026, 250p.
The Global Justice Report: A Plan for Equality and Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries (co-edited with L. Chancel, C. Mohren, R. Moshrif, M. Odersky, O. Somanchi), WIL, 2026, forthcoming (GlobalJusticeProject.wid.world)
Pour une révolution fiscale. Un impôt sur le revenu pour le 21e siècle, co-écrit avec C. Landais et E. Saez, Ed. du Seuil, 2011, 133 p. www.revolution-fiscale.fr.
Capital is Back: Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries, 1700-2010, co-written with G. Zucman, PSE, 2013, 978p. (short version & appendix)
Pour un traité de démocratisation de l'Europe, co-écrit avec S. Hennette, G. Sacriste et A. Vauchez, Ed. du Seuil, 2017, 96p.
How to Democratize Europe, co-written with S. Hennette, G. Sacriste, A. Vauchez, HUP, 2019
Manifeste pour la démocratisation de l'Europe, co-écrit avec M. Bouju, L. Chancel, A.L. Delatte, S. Hennette, G. Sacriste, A. Vauchez, 2018, 52p.
Manifesto for the Democratization of Europe, co-written with M. Bouju, L. Chancel, A.L. Delatte, S. Hennette, G. Sacriste, A. Vauchez, 2018, 52p. (other translations available at www.tdem.eu)
Changer l'Europe, c'est possible, co-écrit avec M. Bouju, L. Chancel, A.L. Delatte, S. Hennette, G. Sacriste, A. Vauchez, Ed. du Seuil, Points Essai, 2019, 93p. (www.tdem.eu)
Mesurer le racisme, vaincre les discriminations, Ed. du Seuil, Libelle, 2022, 65p.
Nature, culture et inégalités. Une perspective comparative et historique, Société d'ethnologie, 2023, 85p. Nature, Culture and Inequality. A Comparative and Historical Perspective, Other press, 2024, 96p.
Equality. What it Means and Why it Matters, co-written with M. Sandel, Polity, 2025, 119p. Ce que l'égalité veut dire, Seuil, 2025, 125p.
1.4. Recueils de chroniques/Collections of chronicles
Vive la gauche américaine ! Chroniques 1998-2004, Éd. de l'Aube, 2004, 194p.
Peut-on sauver l'Europe? Chroniques 2004-2012, Ed. LLL, 2012, 271p.
Aux urnes, citoyens ! Chroniques 2012-2016, Ed. LLL, 2016, 268p. Why Save the Bankers? And Other Essays on our Economic and Political Crisis, Mariner Books, 2017, 241p.
Vivement le socialisme ! Chroniques 2016-2020, Ed. du Seuil, 2020, 326p. Time for Socialism. Dispatches from a World on Fire 2016-2021, Yale University Press, 2021, 285p.
Vers le socialisme écologique. Chroniques 2016-2024, Ed. du Seuil, 2024, 251p. Equality is a Struggle. Bulletins from the Front Line 2021-2025, Yale University Press, 2025, 233p.
The Elephant Curve of Global Inequality and Growth, AEA Papers and Proceedings, vol.108, 2018, p.103-108 (with F. Alvaredo, L. Chancel, E. Saez, G. Zucman) (WID.world WP)
From Communism to Capitalism: Private vs Public Property and Inequality in China and Russia , AEA Papers and Proceedings, vol.108, 2018, p.109-113 (with F. Novokmet, L. Yang, G. Zucman, 2018) (WID.world WP)
Measuring Inequality in the Middle East: the World's Most Unequal Region?, Review of Income and Wealth, vol.65, 2019, p.685-711 (with F. Alvaredo, L. Assouad) (WID.world WP) (Appendix, Data)
Simplified Distributional National Accounts, AEA Papers and Proceedings, vol.109, 2019, p.289-295 (with E. Saez, G. Zucman) (WID.world WP)
Capital Accumulation, Private Property and Rising Inequality in China, 1978-2015, American Economic Review, vol.109, 2019, p.2469-2496 (with L. Yang, G. Zucman) (WID.world WP) (Slides, Appendix, Main Data Files, Full Data Files)
Indian Income Inequality, 1922-2015: from British Raj to Billionaire Raj?, Review of Income and Wealth, vol.65, 2019, p.S33-S62 (with L. Chancel) (WID.world WP)
Growing Cleavages in India? Evidence from the Changing Structure of Electorates 1962-2014, Economic and Political Weekly, 2019, vol.104(11), p.34-44 (with A. Banerjee, A. Gethin) (WID.world WP 2019/05) (Data Appendix)
Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Global Inequality Estimates from WID.world, Economics and Statistics, 2020, vol.517-518-519, p.41-59 (with F. Alvaredo, L. Chancel, E. Saez, G. Zucman)
Accounting for Wealth Inequality Dynamics: Methods, Estimates and Simulations for France, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, vol.19(1), p.620-663 (with B. Garbinti, J. Goupille-Lebret) (WID.world WP 2016/05) (WID.world WP 2020/05)
Capital and Ideology: A Global Perspective on Inequality Regimes, British Journal of Sociology, 2021, vol.72, p.139-150
Capital, Power and the Learning of Justice, Oeconomia: History, Methodology, Philosophy, 2021, vol.11(1), p.207-227
About Capital, Socialism and Ideology, Analyse & Kritik: Journal of Social Theory and Philosophy, 2021, vol.43(1), p.147-168
Inequality under Colonial Rule: Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920-1960, Journal of Development Economics, 2021, vol.152, p.1-20 (with F. Alvaredo & D. Cogneau) (WID.world WP 2020/14)
Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right: Rising Inequality and the Changing Structure of Political Conflict. Evidence from France, Britain and the US 1948-2020, in A. Gethin, C. Martinez-Toledano, T. Piketty, Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities. A Study of 50 Democraties (1948-2020), HUP 2021 (WPID.world) (WID.world WP 2018/7) (Presentation slides, Data Appendix)
Global Income Inequality 1820-2020: The Persistence and Mutation of Extreme Inequality, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, vol.19(6), p.3025-3062 (with L. Chancel) (WID WP 2021/19) (Data Appendix)
Generalized Pareto Curves: Theory and Applications, Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, vol.68(1), p.263-288 (with T. Blanchet, J. Fournier) (WID.world WP 2017/03) (Gpinter: Online Tools and Computer Codes)
Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies 1948-2020, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022, vol.137(1), p.1-48 (with A. Gethin, C. Martinez-Toledano) (WID WP 2021/15) (Online Appendix) (WPID.world)
Twenty Years and Counting: Thoughts about Measuring the Upper Tail, Journal of Economic Inequality, 2022, vol.20(1), p.255-264 (with E. Saez, G. Zucman)
Income and Wealth Inequality in Hong Kong 1981-2020: The Rise of Pluto-Communism? , World Bank Economic Review, 2022, vol.36(4), p.803-834 (with L. Yang) (WID WP 2022/10)
Rethinking Capital and Wealth Taxation, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2023, vol.39, p.575-591 (with E. Saez, G. Zucman) (WIL WP 2022/18)
Predistribution vs Redistribution: Evidence from France and the US, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, vol.16(2), p.31-65 (with A. Bozio, B. Garbinti, J. Goupille-Lebret, M. Guillot) (Online Appendix) (WID WP 2020/22) (WID WP 2018/10)
Capital in the 21st Century, Ten Years Later, Journal of Income Distribution, 2025, vol.34, p.1-16 (WIL WP 2025/21)
Open Data and Open Science: Insights from the World Inequality Lab, Revue Economique, 2025, vol.76(5), 761-772 (with A. Somanchi)
Human Capital, Unequal Opportunities and Productivity Convergence: A Global Historical Perspective 1800-2100, Journal of Public Economic, 2026, vol.255, p.1-29 (with N. Bharti, A. Gethin, T. Jenmana, Z. Mo, L. Yang) (WIL WP 2025/15) (World Human Capital Expenditure Database) (Replication Package)
Income and Wealth Inequality in India 1922-2023: the Rise of the Billionaire Raj, World Bank Economic Review, 2026, vol.40(3), p.1-32 (with N. Bharti, L. Chancel, A. Somanchi) (WIL WP 2024/09)
Income Distribution Theory : a survey of selected recent contributions, In : Mundlak Y. (ed.) : Contemporary Economic issues. Vol. 2, Labour, food and poverty (IEA conference; vol. 22), Basingstoke : MacMillan Press, 1998, p. 25-38
Are the rich growing richer? Evidence from indian tax data, In : Deaton A., Kozel V. (Eds) : Data and dogma : the great indian poverty debate, S.l. : McMillan press, 2004, p. 598-611 (with A. Banerjee)
The Kuznets' curve, yesterday and tomorrow, In : Banerjee A., Benabou R., Mookherjee D. (Eds) : Understanding poverty, Oxford : Oxford university press, 2006, 21 p.
Top incomes over the twentieth century : a summary of main findings [chap. 1], In : Top incomes over the twentieth century : a contrast between continental european and english-speaking countries, Oxford : Oxford university press, 2007, p. 1-17
Income and wealth concentration in Switzerland over the twentieth century [chap. 11], In : Top incomes over the twentieth century : a contrast between continental european and english-speaking countries, Oxford: Oxford university press, 2007, p. 472-500. [data series] (with F. Dell, E. Saez)
Towards a unified data set on top incomes [chap. 13], In : Top incomes over the twentieth century : a contrast between continental european and english-speaking countries, Oxford: Oxford university press, 2007, p. 531-565. (with A. B. Atkinson)
Wealth taxation in the 21st century: a personal view, In : Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review, London : Institute for Fiscal Studies; Oxford : Oxford university press, 2010, 10 p.
The Dynamics of Income Concentration over the Twentieth Century. The Case of Advanced Economies, In : Markets, the State and the Dynamics of Inequality, ouvrage coordonné par Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva et Nora Lustig, Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2010, 43 p. (with F. Alvaredo)
Top incomes in the long run of history, in Top Incomes: A Global Perspective, Oxford: Oxford university press, 2010, chapter 13, 92 p. [data series] (with A.B. Atkinson, E. Saez)
Should We Make the Richest Pay to Meet Fiscal Adjustment Needs?, in The Role of Tax Policy in Times of Fiscal Consolidation, European Commission, 2013, p.99-103.
France: how taxation can increase inequality, in Changing Inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries, Oxford University Press, 2014, chapter 11, p.248-270 (with N. Frémeaux)
Electoral Cleavages and Socioeconomic Inequality in Germany 1949-2017, in A. Gethin, C. Martinez-Toledano, T. Piketty, Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities. A Study of 50 Democraties (1948-2020), HUP 2021 (WPID.world) (with F. Kosse) (WID.word WP 2020/15)
Social Inequality and the Dynamics of Political and Ethnolinguistic Divides in Pakistan 1970-2018, in A. Gethin, C. Martinez-Toledano, T. Piketty, Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities. A Study of 50 Democraties (1948-2020), HUP 2021 (WPID.world) (with A. Gethin, S. Mehmood) (WID.world WP 2020/16)
Social Inequalities and the Politicization of Ethnic Cleavages in Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal 1999-2019, in A. Gethin, C. Martinez-Toledano, T. Piketty, Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities. A Study of 50 Democraties (1948-2020), HUP 2021 (WPID.world) (with J. Baleyte, A. Gethin, Y. Govind) (WID.world WP 2020/18)
Political Conflict, Social Inequality and Electoral Cleavages in Central-Eastern Europe, in A. Gethin, C. Martinez-Toledano, T. Piketty, Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities. A Study of 50 Democraties (1948-2020), HUP 2021 (WPID.world) (with A. Lindner, F. Novokmet, T. Zawisza) (WID WP 2020/25)
Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities in Algeria, Iraq, and Turkey 1990-2019, in A. Gethin, C. Martinez-Toledano, T. Piketty, Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities. A Study of 50 Democraties (1948-2020), HUP 2021 (WPID.world) (with L. Assouad, A. Gethin, J.-N. Uraz) (WID WP 2021/12)
Decarbonization requires redistribution, in The Climate Book, Allen Lane, 2023, p.405-409 (with L. Chancel)
Towards Tax Justice and Wealth Redistribution in India: Proposals Based on Latest Inequality Estimates, Economic and Political Weekly, 2024, vol. 59(21), p.91-96 (with N. Bharti, L. Chancel, A. Somanchi) (WIL Issue Brief 2024/01)
Carbon and Inequality: from Kyoto to Paris (with L. Chancel, WID.world Working Paper 2015/7)
The End of Rentiers: Paris 1842-1957 (with G. Postel-Vinay, J.L. Rosenthal, WID.world WP 2018/1, Data Appendix)
World Totals in WID: Core Territories, Core Countries and Core Macro and Distributional Variables 1820-2023 (with R. Moshrif, G. Nievas, A. Sodano, L. Chancel) (WIL TN 2024/02)
Allocating Missing Wealth and Missing Foreign Income: Sources and Methods Used in WID.world (with G. Nievas) (WIL TN 2024/03)
Le début de la fin de la tripartition? Elections européennes et inégalités sociales en France 1994-2024 (avec J. Cagé) (WIL WP 2024/18)
Global Inequality Update 2024: New Insights from Extended WID Macro Series (with R. Gomez-Carrera, R. Moshrif, G. Nievas) (WIL TN 2024/11)
Extending WID Population Series: Projections 2024-2100 and Age/Gender Breakdowns (with R. Gomez-Carrera, R. Moshrif, G. Nievas, A. Somanchi) (WIL TN 2024/12)
Estimations of Global Wealth Aggregates in WID.world: Methodology (with L. Bauluz, P. Brassac, C. Martinez-Toledano, A. Sodano) (WIL TN 2024/14)
Global Wealth Inequality on WID.world: Estimates and Imputations (with F. Bajard, L. Bauluz, P. Brassac, L. Chancel, C. Martinez-Toledano, A. Sodano) (WIL TN 2025/01)
WID National Accounts Series: Updated and Extended Coverage 1800-2023 (with G. Nievas) (WIL TN 2025/02)
Extending WID National Accounts Series: Institutional Sectors and Factor Shares (with J. Dietrich, M. Odersky, G. Nievas, A. Somanchi) (WIL TN 2025/03)
WID Income and Wealth Distributional Series: Updated and Extended Coverage, 1800-2024 (with M. Arias-Osorio, L. Bauluz, P. Brassac, L. Chancel, C. Martínez-Toledano, R. Moshrif) (WIL TN 2025/10)
