Is the gap between rich and poor widening? INET Oxford’s Dr. Max Roser observes it is not that simple. By looking at empirical data across a number of countries a complex pattern emerges. In English speaking countries inequality has followed a U-shaped pattern, rising significantly in recent decades. But in continental European countries and Japan the pattern has been L-shaped. These two contrasting patterns suggest that different economic, institutional, policy and other factors across these countries may be driving the trends. Read the Guardian’s coverage of Max’s work here and visit the Our World in Data website for more information and graphs.
Latest News
All News
INET Oxford Summer Newsletter 2024
![INET Oxford Summer Research Meeting 2024 by Ian Wallman 01950](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/INET_Oxford_Summer_Research_Meeting_2024_by_Ian_Wallman_01950.jpg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720188609&s=96fcf9db905e230ff3770031e70e66f9)
Research shows that auctions can help phase out coal while minimising taxpayer burden
![Adobe Stock 303525015](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/AdobeStock_303525015.jpeg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1719909074&s=58da316d3a0be228cdb7e67db34b2fd1)
Research Impact: Dawn of the solar age
![Dawn of the solar age 2](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Dawn-of-the-solar-age-2.png?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1719320289&s=82cb46c516e81faf0aabe5b10ab662e2)
Review: INET Oxford Summer Research Meeting 2024
![INET Oxford Summer Research Meeting 2024 by Ian Wallman 01825](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/INET_Oxford_Summer_Research_Meeting_2024_by_Ian_Wallman_01825.jpg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1718872766&s=ae16f101614aa0ef3bc85a83946449fe)
Five policy interventions to deliver UK net zero
![Adobe Stock 534679476](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/AdobeStock_534679476.jpeg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1715870426&s=eae8c4186672cfeee9ad256602dc052f)
Data visualization project: Labor transitions in a net-zero era
![Data visualisation project](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Data-visualisation-project.png?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1716194821&s=b8dea4d2de91ea11d86d84007fb464f3)
The founding of a discipline: Sir David F. Hendry's contributions to Climate Econometrics
![Hendry profile](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Hendry-profile.jpg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1714578014&s=97f762814bc62692915a0ff2810261e0)
The man reinventing economics with chaos theory and complexity science
![J Doyne Farmer New Scientist](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/J-Doyne-Farmer-New-Scientist.webp?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1713437511&s=7f72a02dd0f462391ed15ce2c7c42970)
Only 57 producers are responsible for 80% of all fossil fuel and cement CO2 emissions since 2016 – new report
![Adobe Stock 99870807](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/AdobeStock_99870807.jpeg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1712667363&s=b9d75cb4c38058f7b2488850e1b23263)
Sensitive interventions to catalyse China’s net-zero transition in energy and transport
![Adobe Stock 501619481](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/AdobeStock_501619481.jpeg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1712243916&s=cd6f09a0269357284592670b0763fd8a)
Banking regulation ‘tilting the scales’ away from renewables
![Adobe Stock 632042043](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/AdobeStock_632042043.jpeg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1712243592&s=e323ed4e6538ce042c44a1e7ad97603f)
Why has productivity slowed down?
![Adobe Stock 430932112 1](https://oms-inet.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/AdobeStock_430932112-1.jpeg?w=253&h=100&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1710764962&s=d10cbf56515a4017dcfcc47e6c3c979a)