Study: Trade can worsen income inequality
International trade exacerbates domestic income inequality, at least in some circumstances, according to an empirical study that two MIT economists ...
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Inequality is driving a black market for covid-19 antivirals that’s “putting patients’ health in jeopardy”
Unequal distribution of covid-19 antivirals means patients are buying pills online that may not be safe when taken without medical ...
Study chronicles presence of chronic frames of race, gender, and wealth inequality
All social inequalities, by definition, involve one group that has more and another that has less. Do people prefer describing ...
Rising income inequality linked to Americans’ declining health
Rising levels of income inequality in the United States may be one reason that the health of Americans has been ...
Neoliberal policies, institutions have prompted preference for greater inequality, new study finds
Neoliberalism, which calls for free-market capitalism, regressive taxation, and the elimination of social services, has resulted in both preference and ...
Despite ideals, people don’t really like reducing inequality, study finds
Berkeley, Calif—Most Americans say they want a more equal society, yet policies aimed at increasing equality for disadvantaged groups in higher ...
Studying wealth inequality in animals can reveal clues about how their societies evolved
Wealth inequality is a research topic typically reserved for humans. Now, research from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior ...
Few Americans see race as key factor in environmental inequality
PULLMAN, Wash. – Only 33% of U.S. households believe that Black people are more likely to experience environmental pollution and ...
Infrastructure inequality is a challenge to urban sustainability
Growing up in Delhi, India, Bhartendu Pandey ’21 PhD walked miles in his urban neighborhood to get fresh water for his family. ...
Largest ever study on traumatic brain injury highlights global inequality in causes and treatment
Neurosurgery experts from Cambridge have led the largest ever study examining the surgical management of traumatic brain injuries, highlighting regional ...
Digital finance doesn’t reduce inequality; it perpetuates it
A new paper in Oxford Open Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that, while digital financial services are often ...
Economists propose a new way to measure unfair inequality
A new paper in The Review of Economic Studies, published by Oxford University Press, introduces a novel measure of inequality. ...
Writing is not present in all “complex” societies, but it can signal inequality
For more than a century written language was seen by anthropologists and other social scientists as a definitional feature of ...
American Rescue Plan Act can do more to address racial wealth inequality, IU professor writes in Yale Law Review
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- While the American Rescue Plan Act provided a major infusion of economic aid to low-income and middle-class ...
Will the COVID-19 pandemic have a lasting impact on gender inequality in the U.S. workforce?
A recent analysis published in Economic Inquiry found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. women with school-age children suffered losses in employment ...
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The pair of Orcas deterring Great White Sharks – by ripping open their torsos for livers
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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nTIDE May 2022 COVID Update: Uncertainty about inflation tempers good news for people with disabilities
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Wayne State and Great Lakes Water Authority to create workforce and laboratory center of the future
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Ovarian cancer in the fatty omentum: Metabolic enzyme’s key role in tumor metastasis
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A closer look into the emergence of antibiotic resistance in bioaerosols and its monitoring