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

Update on IARIW Activities from the Executive Director

The latest update on IARIW activities can be found here.

Announcement of New Editors for the Review of Income and Wealth

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth is pleased to announce the appointment of two new editors of its flagship publication, the Review of Income and Wealth. Robert Inklaar from the University of Groningen and Suman Seth from Leeds University assume the editorship of the journal on August 1, 2024. The editorial office of the journal moves from the University of Luxembourg to the University of Groningen.

The Association expresses great appreciation to departing Review of Income and wealth editors Conchita D’Ambrosio from the University of Luxembourg and Prasada Rao from the University of Queensland for their dedication to the journal during their many years as editors. A job well done! The Association is very grateful for their service.

The Review of Income and Wealth is the official journal of the IARIW.

The ROIW aims to further the research on national and economic and social accounting, including the development of concepts and definitions for the measurement and analysis of income and wealth, the development and further integration of systems of economic and social statistics, and related problems of statistical methodology. Its current impact factor is 1.206.

The articles from the 2020 issue of the Review of Income and Wealth can now be accessed free of charge online. This website also includes a complete archive of IARIW publications from 1951 to 2020. Recent issues published after 2020 are available on Wiley Online Library. Access is limited to paid members of the IARIW or the Wiley Online Library.

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Upcoming Events

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 are organizing 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 preliminary conference program can be found here and more information on the pre-conference training sessions click here. Conference registration is here.
65th ISI World Statistics Congress October 5-9, 2025 IARIW is hosting a session title, “International Efforts to Measure Household Distributional Information in Line with Macroeconomic Aggregates” and more information can be found here.
39th IARIW General Conference August 24-28, 2026 The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth welcomes submissions for the 39th General Conference in Brussels, Belgium, August 24-28, 2026. Submissions should be relevant to one of the 10 Themes or included in an Other category. Submissions are open now until September 30, 2025. Proposals will be reviewed by theme organizers and the IARIW program committee, and authors will be notified about acceptance in mid-December 2025. For more information, click 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 are organizing 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 preliminary conference program can be found here and more information on the pre-conference training sessions click here. Conference registration is here.

65th ISI World Statistics Congress

October 5-9, 2025

IARIW is hosting a session title, “International Efforts to Measure Household Distributional Information in Line with Macroeconomic Aggregates” and more information can be found here.

39th IARIW General Conference

August 24-28, 2026

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth welcomes submissions for the 39th General Conference in Brussels, Belgium, August 24-28, 2026. Submissions should be relevant to one of the 10 Themes or included in an Other category. Submissions are open now until September 30, 2025. Proposals will be reviewed by theme organizers and the IARIW program committee, and authors will be notified about acceptance in mid-December 2025. For more information, click here.

Past Events

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.

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.