There is no state in the United States where women earn more than men. Vermont has the smallest gender pay gap, while Utah has the largest. Additionally, there are almost no occupations in which ...

The King has told world leaders the past cannot be changed but nations can “commit” to “right inequalities that endure,” as momentum grew for a debate about slavery reparations.

In an open letter to the chancellor, the collective said a wealth tax was necessary to “reduce the stark inequalities in this country and help raise the vital funds needed to ensure that the ...

Investors, however, should be focusing on a different sort of inequality. In the context of slowing luxury spending globally, the sector’s companies are increasingly divided between the haves ...

The National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (known in Spanish as CONEVAL) defines poverty as having at least one out of six social deprivation indicators (educational lag ...

But their most enduring achievement, ringing loudly though the years to this very political moment, was a nine-part series about economic inequality they published in 1991. “America: What Went ...

In a new report examining the “profound systemic impacts” of this rising inequality, researchers with the Fairness Foundation warn that it “seriously exacerbates a wide range of arguably ...

The world experienced the first increase in extreme poverty in 20 years, and inequality has risen sharply and remains high. While macroeconomic recoveries are under way, extreme poverty remains ...

This analysis used data from the following linked data sources: Census 2021 (to derive sociodemographic and geographical characteristics), from the Office for National Statistics (ONS); and death ...

In any case, it is a catchphrase which condones inequality. It suggests that as long as living standards increase for the poor, it does not matter if the wealthy gain even more. Indeed ...

Research into inequality has featured strongly in recent awards. Last year, Harvard economic historian Claudia Goldin won the prize for her work highlighting the causes of wage and labour market ...