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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Many Americans will live in poverty at some point in their lives, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2015
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In a new study, researchers from Imperial College Business School, Columbia University and the University of Maryland found that wealthy individuals in the US can get in relative terms up to 70 per cent times greater returns ...
Economics & Business
Jun 26, 2014
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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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(Phys.org)—Although some scholars have suggested that the income gap between men and women is due to women's reluctance to negotiate salaries, a new study at the University of Chicago shows that given an invitation, women ...
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2012
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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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Research from the University of Warwick suggests the 19th Century 'protestant work ethic' could have given the economies of northern Europe a head start on their southern neighbours, and is still shaping popular northern ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2011
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Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...
Economics & Business
Nov 18, 2009
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New research published in Economic Inquiry indicates that if the wage gap between Black and white Americans decreased sufficiently, there would be a noticeable increase in overall income. If the wages converged completely, ...
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2022
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For female veterinarians who want to specialize in zoological work, a new study on family work and income for diplomates of the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM) holds both good and bad news. While women in the ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2022
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