the Census Bureau found that household income inequality increased over the last year for the first time since 2011 due to declines in real income—which takes inflation into account—at the ...

High levels of income inequality weaken support for raising the minimum wage, which in turn could further worsen income ...

Over the same time period that poor Americans’ life ... which are supposed to tell you what has actually happened to income inequality over the past half century. But it turns out that the ...

Income inequality in the United States has become a defining issue of our time, with the gap between the rich and the poor expanding significantly over the past few decades. This growing divide is ...

The period of the 1940s is characterized as the “Great Compression,” a time when wage inequality decreased. Demand for low-skilled and moderately skilled workers led to an increase in income ...

Increases in income inequality over time were linked to higher death rates. But were the results valid? Even a small rise in inequality gives rise to a substantial increase in COVID-19 deaths.

Korean, Japanese, Filipino and Indian households also experienced increases in income inequality over this time period. Vietnamese Americans are the exception to this pattern. Since 1980, the income ...

The findings could help countries set a course toward reducing emissions of the harmful greenhouse gas and alleviating domestic income inequality at the same time. The study, published in Social ...

Economic modelling suggests that a basic income grant for all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality in South Africa.