News tagged with wage
Facebook 'App Economy' creates 182,000 US jobs: study
The ecosystem of applications built for Facebook has created at least 182,000 jobs and contributes billions of dollars in wages and benefits to the US economy, according to a study published Monday.
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Social security: Fixing the glaring gap for women
(Phys.org) -- After a lifetime of lower wages and time out of the labor market for caregiving, women typically receive less from Social Security than men, with millions of widows and women of color falling into poverty in ...
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May 14, 2012 |
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Taking credit: When Thailand’s government started offering microfinance loans to villagers, did anyone benefit?
Microfinance seems like a boost for entrepreneurs in developing countries: Give them little loans, and people can make their small businesses a bit larger. Starting in 2001, the government of Thailand used ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 10, 2012 |
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High-tech companies grapple with rising costs in China
The price to make Silicon Valley gadgets and computers in China - the assembly line for the global tech industry - is going up, forcing tech companies to rejigger supply chains to contain costs and to consider charging more ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Study: Higher education playing bigger role in gender wage gap
While higher education has helped women narrow their long-running wage gap with men, there is one college-related factor that has becoming increasingly important in perpetuating that gap, according to new research.
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Aug 09, 2009 |
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Low-paid workers suffer high rate of workplace abuse, survey shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- An alarmingly high number of Los Angeles County workers at the bottom of the labor market are the victims of "wage theft" and other workplace violations by employers, who on average deprive ...
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Jan 07, 2010 |
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Thailand buys Chinese tablet computers for schools
Thailand on Thursday signed a multi-million dollar deal to buy hundreds of thousands of Chinese-made tablet computers for primary school children, an official statement said.
May 10, 2012 |
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Gender wage gap shrunk faster than previously thought
The gap in wages between men and women has decreased sharply over the past 30 years, and a new University of Georgia study reveals that decline was even greater than previously recognized.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Study: Parsing the pill's impact on women's wages
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although women continue to lag behind men in pay, the gender wage gap has narrowed considerably since the 1960s. Now a new University of Michigan study is the first to quantify the impact ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Right-to-work has minimal impact on manufacturing
If the Indiana General Assembly passes a controversial right-to-work (RTW) bill currently being debated, no impact is likely for industrial composition, manufacturing income, employment or wages, says a Ball State University ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Study finds tall people at top of wages ladder
Tall people earn higher wages than their vertically-challenged counterparts while being obese does not mean a slimmed-down pay packet, according to a new study in Australia.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2009 |
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The work-life integration overload: Thousands of researchers weigh in on outmoded work environments
Attracting workers into science and technology fields could be hampered by work-life integration issues according to a new international survey. Drawing data from 4,225 publishing scientists and researchers worldwide, the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Smartphone app lets workers track wages
(AP) -- Workers who don't trust the boss to keep track of their wages can now do it themselves with a new smartphone application from the Department of Labor. But employers worry that the time sheet app, ...
May 22, 2011 |
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Study: New job trends reproducing old forms of gender inequality
Jobs that come with large paychecks but long work hours are slowing the gains women have made since the late 70s in narrowing the gender wage gap.
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Aug 21, 2011 |
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More female managers do not reduce wage gap
Are wage differences between men and women decreasing as more women attain managerial positions? A new Swedish report from the Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS) at Uppsala University and the Institute for Labour Market ...
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Dec 16, 2011 |
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