RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook gender gap (redirected fromGender inequality) Medical gender gap n. A disproportionate difference, as in attitudes and voting preferences, between the sexes.
In the first chapter, I analyze the evolution of income inequality in the United States from the 1950s to present. I show that the share of national income going to those in the upper reaches of the income ladder has increased considerably over the last three and a half decades, and that...
aIncome inequality is a major problem in the United States. Not only is income inequality grossly unfair, but it also indicates lifespan inequality, educational inequality and it stunts economic growth. According to the handout, the top 1% of Americans make 8 to 10 times more money than 99%...
The inequalities are described as mostly family, educational, and work oriented, as we uncover their connections to the alarmingly low rate of female workers within leading positions in today's Japan. This has been stated as a national problem, by the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, as ...
aMuch of today's social inequality, derives from neither money differences nor other differences, but from the breakdown of public sphere institutions that once discouraged the translation of those differences into inegalitarian attitudes. This is the most solid ground for optimism. It suggests that ...
As it launched an inquiry jointly with the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, the Resolution Foundation said Italy had seen no growth in gross domestic product per capita over the past two decades while Britain recently fell further behind Germany. "If ...
In a recent report from Oxfam, it has been revealed that over the past two years, close to two-thirds of all new wealth created worldwide - have gone exclusively to the wealthiest 1%. This is a profoundly disheartening truth and emphasizes the widening g
Although the majority of the U.S. population falls into the middle class, it is often the people at the ends of the distribution who attract the most attention. This chapter discusses the top end of the hierarchy: the upper class. Of the approximately 106 million households in the United ...
A disparity in opportunity for socioeconomic advancement or access to goods and services based solely on race. See Women and health. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add...
And yet the WID is clear: in the UK, the share of income flowing to the richest 1 per cent is lower than it was during the financial crisis. It is much the same in the most recent numbers as it was in 1997, when Tony Blair was elected, and this is true both for pre-tax income...