Important

Thank you for your interest in this project. However, please be aware that this repository is no longer maintained.

• No further updates or bug fixes will be made.
• Issues and pull requests will not be responded to.

For any critical needs, please consider forking the repository and making your own updates.

Warning

I have grave concerns regarding the validity and integrity of the data this package accesses. I urge users to exercise extreme caution and skepticism when using this tool, and to seek alternative sources for their work.

R package to download data from the WID.world database

This package downloads data from the online World Wealth and Income Database (WID.world) directly into R. The World Wealth and Income 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.

Installation

The package is not yet available on CRAN. But you can install the development version by typing:

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("thomasblanchet/wid-r-tool")

Usage

The package exports a single function download_wid(...). See ?download_wid for help.

Demo

See vignette("wid-demo"), or click here for a demonstration of the package.