WID: Stata module to download data from the World Inequality Database (WID.world)

Thomas Blanchet

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: The wid command downloads data from the online World Inequality Database (WID.world) directly into Stata. The World Inequality Database is an extensive source on the historical evolution of the distribution of income and wealth both within and between countries. It relies on the combined effort of an international network of over a hundred researchers covering more than seventy countries from all continents.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 13
Keywords: data management; wid; Wealth; Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06-10, Revised 2021-11-05
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install wid". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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