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The World Inequality Lab is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 3rd World Inequality Conference to be held at the Paris School of Economics on 4th and 6th June 2026. The conference aims to provide an international forum for researchers working on inequality and related fields, with sessions open for attendance by policy makers, journalists, and the public.

Key highlights

Release of the Global Justice Report: The report will explore what a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources could look like at the global level from 2026 to 2100

Keynote Sessions: Speakers will include academics, policymakers and writers.

Keynotes by Lucas Chancel, Co-Director of the World Inequality Lab & Camille Landais, Chairman of the Conseil d'analyse économique

Paper Presentations: Accepted submissions will be organized into parallel theme-wise sessions.

Paper Submissions

We welcome submissions of papers on inequality (broadly defined), with a focus on the key research areas covered by the World Inequality Lab, namely:

• Measurement of historical income and wealth dynamics
• Environmental inequalities
• Global wealth distribution dynamics
• Factors contributing to income and wealth inequality
• Political inequalities
• Gender inequality
• Inequality perceptions
• Taxation and tax evasion
• Methodological advances in the measurement of inequalities

An author can submit multiple papers but can present only once in the conference. Please submit full papers or detailed drafts by filling out the form and uploading the paper on the following link:

Exploring how global tax reforms and transparency tools impact offshore tax evasion and financial secrecy worldwide.

Over the past decade, the architecture of international tax enforcement has undergone a transformation in the fight against tax secrecy. To what extent have newly introduced reforms — such as the automatic exchange of financial account information and the introduction of beneficial ownership registries — actually reduced financial secrecy?

This conference examines emerging evidence on how these transparency innovations affect offshore tax evasion and illicit activity. Drawing on new administrative data and cross-country research, it explores both successes and implementation gaps, highlighting how outcomes depend on the interaction between global standards, domestic enforcement capacity, and evolving forms of secrecy.

Organized by the PSE Stone Center in collaboration with the EU Tax Observatory, the World Inequality Lab, and the Institut des Politiques Publiques, the Taxing Billionaires conference brings together leading researchers, legal scholars, and policymakers to advance the discussion on the effective taxation of the super-rich.

Over two days, participants explore methodologies, share research insights, and discuss coordinated policy solutions, with a focus on effective tax rates for the super-rich and fostering collaboration across academic, legal, and policy communities.

Day 1 focuses on strengthening research collaboration and presenting the latest research on billionaire taxation. Day 2 addresses policy and legal perspectives, facilitating dialogue on the feasibility of a coordinated minimum tax on the super-rich.

A lecture by Mordecai Kurz on "Technology-Based Market Power", examining his book The Market Power of Technology: Understanding the Second Gilded Age (Columbia University Press, 2023).

Kurz argues that since the 1980s, the United States has regressed to levels of economic inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. The presentation includes an analysis of technological market power's effects on inequality, innovation, and growth, along with proposals addressing these issues through merger restrictions, patent reform, labor market adjustments, tax increases, mobility enhancement, and middle-class stabilization.