Although many people believe inequality is socially divisive and adds to the problems associated with relative deprivation, what inequality does or does not do to us has remained largely a matter of personal opinion. But now that we have comparable measures of the scale of income inequality in di...
The goal was to investigate the relationships of income and income inequality with neonatal and infant health outcomes in the United States.The 2000-2004 s... ME Olson,D Diekema,BA Elliott,... - 《Pediatrics》 被引量: 101发表: 2010年 Does income inequality cause health and social problems...
The link you provided does not analyze poverty anywhere in it, so how can you say that it supports your point about poverty? The article is not about income equality and its link to poverty. It's about whether income inequality or poverty are responsible for a variety of soci...
One is that as the US Gini coefficient rises, so does teen pregnancy. However, teen pregnancy has been falling (by almost a factor of 2) since its peak in 1992. That means either US income inequality has been shrinking since then, or that your theory is wrong. You can't...
What factors affect household income? What are the determinants of money? What is the national current average national income? What is the difference between income inequality and wealth inequality? At what net worth does increasing wealth have diminishing returns on the quality of life?
Suppose the economy is operating at its full-employment level output. Does it mean that the unemployment rate is ZERO? Explain. How do efficiency wages cause unemployment? Explain how an increase in the wage can potentially decrease the amount that a person wants to work. ...
The idea that this instinct is "inequality-averse" seems another cultural rationalization.Mar 18, 2010 #261 Al68 vertices said: Okay, granted - the study does not show that humans derive a greater pleasure from equity or fairness - to dislike X isn't the same as liking th...
Local and State governments still provide funding to libraries, but this does not generally cover basic running costs. Hence libraries start to introduce a range of premium (paid) services, although, again, this raises all kinds of issues relating to access and equity. This ultimately leads to ...
The introduction of technology that does not utilize such labor, or only partially relies on it, means thatcapital investmentsinto the technology may escalate drastically. As those older forms of labor are phased out, there would be widening income inequality. ...
Heightened poverty is likely to cause increased tensions in society as inequality increases and, in turn, lead to rising crime rates. Discrimination and Poverty As noted above, poverty isn't simply related to income levels. In fact, there are a number of factors that can push people to or ...