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 par L. Chancel, E. Saez, G. Zucman), Seuil, 2022, 491p.
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
1.4. Recueils de chroniques/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.
Vivement le socialisme ! Chroniques 2016-2020, Ed. du Seuil, 2020, 326p.
Vers le socialisme écologique. Chroniques 2016-2024, Ed. du Seuil, 2024, 251p.
Various translations
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 (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)
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)
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)
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., MOOKERHEE 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)
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)
[résumés (pdf)]Carbon and Inequality: from Kyoto to Paris (with L. Chancel, WID.world Working Paper 2015/7)
Distributional National Accounts (DINA) Guidelines: Concepts and Methods used in WID.world (with F. Alvaredo, T. Atkinson, L. Chancel, E. Saez, G. Zucman, WID.world WP 2016/2)