Joe joined us in 2017. As Head of Product and Design, he coordinates efforts to develop tools and layouts that make our research and data more accessible and understandable. He also contributes as a researcher, where his work focuses on global trends in poverty and economic inequality. He is currently working towards a Ph.D. at the University of Oxford.
Joe joined us in 2017. As Head of Product and Design, he coordinates efforts to develop tools and layouts that make our research and data more accessible and understandable. He also contributes as a researcher, where his work focuses on global trends in poverty and economic inequality. He is currently working towards a Ph.D. at the University of Oxford.
Topics covered by Joe on Our World in Data
While the steep rise of inequality in the United States is well-known, long-run data on the incomes of the richest shows countries have followed a variety of trajectories.
The redistribution of income achieved by governments through taxes and benefits varies hugely.
The Gini coefficient is the most common way of measuring inequality. But what does it actually measure? And how does it differ from other measures of inequality?
