In this paper, we mobilize newly available historical series from the World Inequality
Database to construct world income distribution estimates from 1820 to 2020. We find that …

We combine household surveys and national accounts, as well as recently released tax data
to track the dynamics of Indian income inequality from 1922 to 2015. According to our …

We assess income inequality across French and British colonial empires between 1920 and
1960, exploiting for the first time income tax tabulations. As measured by top income shares …

This paper assesses the effect of the colonial status of ex-colonies, settler's mortality rate,
and duration of colonization on income inequality using a dataset comprising 78 developing …

This paper estimates the level of income inequality of Chinese residents by combining data
from the 2013 Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP 2013) and the Top Incomes in …

There have been important studies of recent income inequality and of poverty in South
Africa, but very little is known about the long-run trends over time. There is speculation about …

Regional variation in the body size of Indian men 18–84 years of age (birth years 1891–
1957) was considered. Heights, weights, and BMIs of Indian males from four regions of the …

We study the effect of railroads, the single largest public investment in colonial India, on
human capital. Using district-level data on literacy and two different identification strategies …

In this paper, I explore whether perceived individual inequality is associated with popular
demand for democracy in 33 African countries. Past research has diverged on whether …

A view popular in Indian economic history scholarship claims that the institutional and
commercial policy of British India made the rich Indians richer and the poor poorer during …