International Association for Research in Income and Wealth – International Association for Research in Income and Wealth

IARIW Major Objectives

To advance education and knowledge in the general area of income and wealth by organizing conferences, by circulating scholarly papers accessible to the general public through the Association’s website, and by publishing a quarterly journal containing research on economics and statistics.
To carry out its said objects and purposes in the following fields of interest: the definition, measurement, and analysis of national income and wealth; the distribution of income and wealth, and poverty; the development of systems of economic and social accounting and their use for economic policy; international comparisons; and other related economic and statistical matters.

Announcements

Results for the Best Virtual Issue of Review of Income and Wealth

To celebrate ROIW’s 75th anniversary, the IARIW Council and ROIW Editorial Board invited members to vote for their favorite virtual ROIW issue. We’re pleased to announce the winner is:

Finding the Missing Rich: Top-Tail Corrections in Wealth Inequality Measurement

Published in July 2026, this virtual issue brings together ROIW articles that shaped the measurement of wealth inequality at the top: from survey-based baselines and long-run top-share estimates to Pareto corrections, rich-list adjustments, capitalization methods, national-accounts alignment, and generalized Pareto approaches.

Submit an Idea for the Themes for the 40th General Conference, August 21 – 25, 2028 in Warsaw, Poland

In order to ensure we plan the best conference for you, we ask that you submit an idea for the themes for the 40th General Conference. For inspiration, please review this year’s themes. The program committee will use the proposed themes to draft the call for papers for all members of the IARIW community. The form will be available until October 30th. Questions? Email us, info@iariw.org. We look forward to your ideas!

Submit your ideas here.

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

65th ISI World Statistics Congress October 5-9, 2025 IARIW Session: “International Efforts to Measure Household Distributional Information in Line with Macroeconomic Aggregates” and more information can be found here.
IARIW-UEB/VNU-WB Conference October 2-3, 2025 The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), The University of Economics and Business/Vietnam National University (UEB/VNU) and the World Bank organized a special IARIW-UEB/VNU-WB conference on the importance of data generation and analysis in data-scarce contexts and policy implications for the Asia region in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 2- 3, 2025. More information can be found here. The conference program can be found here. For more information on the pre-conference training sessions click here. For information regarding accommodation click here.
IARIW-Hitotsubashi University Conference on “Population Ageing: Implications for Economic Measurement and Economic Performance”, Tokyo, Japan March 24-25, 2025 The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), in partnership with Hitotsubashi University, organized a conference entitled ”Population Ageing: Implications for Economic Measurement and Economic Performance” in Tokyo, Japan on March 24- 25, 2025. The Conference Program can be found here. For information about the conference click here. Delegates attending the IARIW conference may also be interested in attending the 8th Word KLEMS Conference being held at same venue (International House of Japan) March 27-28, check here for the conference program.
38th IARIW General Conference, London August 26-30, 2024 The 38th IARIW General Conference took place in London, England, August 26-30, 2024. The final conference program can be found here. The conference website can be found here. Information on the pre-conference training sessions is accessible here. The training sessions and the Ruggles Lecture video recordings are accessible here.
IARIW-CIGI Conference on “The Valuation of Data”, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada November 2-3, 2023 The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), in partnership with CIGI, organized a conference entitled “The Valuation of Data” in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on November 2-3, 2023. For information about the conference click here. To view the program click here To view the Conference photos click here.
64th ISI World Statistics Congress, Ottawa, Canada July 16-20, 2023 The ISI World Statistics Congresses (WSC) take place once every two years in different countries and cities/venues. Though the ISI organizes them, we work closely with the country’s National Statistics Office and Society. From July 16 to 20, 2023, the 64th WSC will take place in Ottawa, Canada. Details on the session on income distribution hosted by the IARIW, including presentations from the panel’s participants, can be found here.

65th ISI World Statistics Congress

October 5-9, 2025

IARIW Session: “International Efforts to Measure Household Distributional Information in Line with Macroeconomic Aggregates” and more information can be found here.

IARIW-UEB/VNU-WB Conference

October 2-3, 2025

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), The University of Economics and Business/Vietnam National University (UEB/VNU) and the World Bank organized a special IARIW-UEB/VNU-WB conference on the importance of data generation and analysis in data-scarce contexts and policy implications for the Asia region in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 2- 3, 2025. More information can be found here. The conference program can be found here. For more information on the pre-conference training sessions click here. For information regarding accommodation click here.

IARIW-Hitotsubashi University Conference on “Population Ageing: Implications for Economic Measurement and Economic Performance”, Tokyo, Japan

March 24-25, 2025

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), in partnership with Hitotsubashi University, organized a conference entitled ”Population Ageing: Implications for Economic Measurement and Economic Performance” in Tokyo, Japan on March 24- 25, 2025. The Conference Program can be found here. For information about the conference click here. Delegates attending the IARIW conference may also be interested in attending the 8th Word KLEMS Conference being held at same venue (International House of Japan) March 27-28, check here for the conference program.

38th IARIW General Conference,
London

August 26-30, 2024

The 38th IARIW General Conference took place in London, England, August 26-30, 2024. The final conference program can be found here. The conference website can be found here. Information on the pre-conference training sessions is accessible here. The training sessions and the Ruggles Lecture video recordings are accessible here.

IARIW-CIGI Conference on “The Valuation of Data”, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

November 2-3, 2023

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), in partnership with CIGI, organized a conference entitled “The Valuation of Data” in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on November 2-3, 2023. For information about the conference click here. To view the program click here To view the Conference photos click here.

64th ISI World Statistics Congress, Ottawa, Canada

July 16-20, 2023

The ISI World Statistics Congresses (WSC) take place once every two years in different countries and cities/venues. Though the ISI organizes them, we work closely with the country’s National Statistics Office and Society. From July 16 to 20, 2023, the 64th WSC will take place in Ottawa, Canada. Details on the session on income distribution hosted by the IARIW, including presentations from the panel’s participants, can be found here.