Such events may seem to imply that issues concerning racial inequalities in America are getting worse. However, we do not know whether such indications are factual; whether this is a recent phenomenon, whether racial inequality is escalating relative to earlier decades, or whether it is better in...
into consideration in future efforts to fight inequality in its various forms. Since exposure inequality arises from the structure of the supply network on the firm-level, it is important to understand the processes that let firms from different income countries enter into production and trade relati...
Using administrative data from the Hospital Episodes Statistics, this study examines socioeconomic inequalities in different dimensions of access to prostate cancer surgery in England in 2015–22, and whether such inequalities increased after COVID-19. Access is a multifaceted concept encompassing several...
Diabetes’ prevalence was not associated with socioeconomic status in men, while the prevalence of diabetes in women was more concentrated among poorer women. During the 13 years, there was no evidence of a reduction of inequality in women, noting that interventions must prioritize and should ...
economic growth; gender inequality; education; labour force; women in parliament; dynamic panel data; SSA countries1. Introduction In 2015, 193 countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which various goals refer, to a greater or ...
If all you have is statistics, it seems like that's what you need to fix. But behind a broad statistical measure like economic inequality there are some things that are good and some that are bad, some that are historical trends with immense momentum and others that are random accidents. ...
His book is filled with statistics that bring the inequitable state of the U.S. economy into sharp focus. Here are five of them. 1. Wages rose slowly for the poorest Americans Since 1979, the bottom 90% of income earners in the U.S. experienced annual earnings gains of only 24%, Desm...
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Economic Statistics Gap Between Rich and Poor: World Income Inequality in 2002 Sources + Current Events View captivating images and news briefs about critical government decisions, medical discoveries, technology breakthroughs, and more. From this page, you'll see news events organized chronologically by...
Immigrant background was defined as place of birth in a region outside Sweden and categorized according to the definition supplied by Statistics Sweden; Nordic countries, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. North America, Oceania and former Soviet Union were categorized as “other” due to fe...