Social impact of parental wealth growing year-on-year
A growing gulf between the haves and have-nots in Britain means that parental wealth today matters more than at any point in the past when it comes to explaining differences in offspring wealth.
A growing gulf between the haves and have-nots in Britain means that parental wealth today matters more than at any point in the past when it comes to explaining differences in offspring wealth.
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2021
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Improvements in living standards over generations have been taken for granted in recent history, but these days young people are looking worse off than their parents in one major area: wealth.
Economics & Business
Dec 5, 2022
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All social inequalities, by definition, involve one group that has more and another that has less. Do people prefer describing inequalities in terms of advantage or disadvantage?
Social Sciences
May 18, 2022
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The direct and indirect costs of having children can be high and, in many societies, women most often shoulder these costs.
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2017
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New research shows the dramatic gap in household wealth that now exists along racial lines in the United States cannot solely be attributed to personal ambition and behavioral choices, but rather reflects policies and institutional ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2013
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To reduce wealth inequality without diminishing the economic performance of a country, a policy package of bequest taxes and land value taxes could be the optimal solution. Such a policy package would, in fact, have a strong ...
Economics & Business
Mar 23, 2018
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A report released today examining wealth inequality across racial and ethnic groups in Los Angeles shows substantial disparity with Japanese, Asian Indians, Chinese and whites ranking among the top, while blacks, Mexicans, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2016
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People living in areas where there is a large gap between rich and poor are more likely to be sympathetic to disability benefit claimants, research shows.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2018
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A new study reveals that while homicide victimization rates declined for whites, blacks, and Hispanics in the United States from 1990-2010, the drop was much more precipitous for the two minority groups.
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2016
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The gap between those with the most and those with the least has blown out over the past two decades, with the average wealth of the highest 20% growing at four times the rate of the lowest 20%, new research by ACOSS and ...
Economics & Business
Sep 27, 2023
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