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Stefan Thewissen

Stefan’s research focuses on earnings inequality, globalisation, social policy, and redistribution preferences in industrialised countries. He has an MSc in public administration from Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and he is finishing his PhD in economics from Leiden University, the Netherlands. Previously he worked as intern and external consultant at the OECD.

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Inequality or Living Standards: Which Matters More?

Article By Max Roser, Brian Nolan, and Stefan Thewissen | Apr 9, 2015

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The Institute and Income Distribution at GES 2015

Article By Thomas Ferguson | Oct 15, 2015

The Institute recently sponsored several panels at the Kiel Global Economic Symposium. In particular, the panel on Income Distribution and Mobility struck us as likely to be of especially wide interest. We are grateful for the participation of all the scholars on them and are pleased to present summaries of their presentations here.