Children from low-income families tend to do worse at school than their better-off peers. Now a new study of a large ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of children from across the United States has identified ...
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2013
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(AP)—Silicon Valley is entering a fifth year of unfettered growth. The median household income is $90,000. The average single-family home sells for about $1 million. The airport is adding a multimillion-dollar private jet ...
Economics & Business
Mar 6, 2014
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A shift to defined-contribution retirement plans, such as 401(k) plans, has led to an income and education gap in pension savings that could exacerbate future economic inequality, according to a study that will be presented ...
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2016
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US households saw incomes shrink for a second straight year in 2011 as the economy struggles to recover from the Great Recession, but the poverty rate also edged lower, official data showed Wednesday.
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2012
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The education gap between spouses shapes wives' long-term income trajectories, but the impact varies depending on the couple's race, according to a new Western study.
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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Narrowing the wage gap between men and women would not only deliver equal income, but boost Australia's long-term productivity, research shows.
Social Sciences
May 15, 2017
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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.
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2012
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The socioeconomic gap between Black Americans and non-Black Americans hasn't changed considerably in a half-century, fueling assertions that many social institutions disproportionately exclude Blacks and are structurally ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2020
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Income inequality in America has been growing rapidly, and is expected to increase. While the widening wealth gap is a hot topic in the media and on the campaign trail, there's quite a disconnect between the perceptions of ...
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2015
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A wealth gap between black and white Americans can be traced almost exclusively to an income gap and less to other factors, as had been hypothesized, according to recent research by a University of Virginia economist.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2019
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