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- 1From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsWage earnings are the largest source of income for many workers, and wage gains are a primary lever for raising living standards. Reports of stagnant median wages have therefore raised concerns among some that economic...
- 2From:AEI Paper & StudiesTo Chairman Himes, Ranking member Steil and the distinguished members of the House Select Committee on the Economy, good morning. My name is Ian Rowe. I submit my testimony today as a proud product of the New York City...
- 3From:AEI Paper & StudiesIssues of racial inequality and injustice are center stage in America today--especially the position and treatment of Black Americans. This report presents evidence on long-term differences in opportunity by race....
- 4From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsIncome inequality--that is, the extent to which individuals 'or households' incomes differ--has increased in the United States since the 1970s. Rising income inequality over this time period is driven largely by...
- 5From:Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures 2012SIDS moving gradually to higher income levels In recent years, SIDS have been moving from lower to higher income levels. The World Bank (2021a) classification places countries into income groups based on their GNI per...
- 6From:Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures 2012In most societies there are differences and inequalities between women and men in responsibilities assigned, activities undertaken, access to and control over resources, as well as decision-making opportunities (UN...
- 7From:AEI Paper & StudiesKey Points * Policymakers and the media are enthusiastic about ranking colleges based on students' economic mobility, but some healthy skepticism is warranted. * Ranking colleges and universities based on students'...
- 8From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsWage Inequality and the Stagnation of Earnings of Low-Wage Workers: Contributing Factors and Policy Options Over the 1979-2018 period, real wages at the 10th percentile of the hourly wage distribution grew by 1.6%,...
- 9From:AEI Paper & StudiesUsing Census Bureau estimates of the market value of in-kind transfers and Current Population Survey (ASEC-CPS) data over the period 1979 to 2007, Burkhauser et al. (2012b) construct measures of income and its...
- 10From:AEI Paper & StudiesDiscussions of a wealth tax and raising top marginal tax rates are in the news. We look here at how Americans feel about the rich, where they see themselves in the income distribution, and their views on taxing the...
- 11From:World Economic OutlookThe declining share of manufacturing jobs in overall employment has been a concern for policymakers and the broader public alike in both advanced economies and some developing economies. This concern stems from the...
- 12From:Israel: A Social ReportWhile wage data published by the National Insurance Institute allow for a comparison of localities, the Central Bureau of Statistics data allow for a comparison among the three main ethnicities in Israel--Mizrahi Jews,...
- 13From:Israel: A Social ReportInequality exists not just between the higher and lower deciles, but also within the top decile itself. In fact, the gaps within the highest decile between the top one percent and the other nine percent are wider than...
- 14From:Israel: A Social ReportFigures from the National Insurance Institute allow for a comparison of the wages of women and men. Between 2000 and 2015, the proportion of women earning at least the average wage grew by 39.2%--from 18.6% to 25.9%....
- 15From:World Economic OutlookWith buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing and trade under way, world growth is projected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018,...
- 16From:AEI Paper & StudiesDebates over economic policy are often framed as conservatives supporting market-oriented policies, while progressives support government interventions. However, there are many market-oriented policies that can lead to...
- 17From:Yearbook of European LawOn the occasion of the fourtieth anniversary of the seminal ruling in Case 43/75 (Defrenne v Sabena), this article scrutinzes the European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law on temporal limitations of preliminary rulings...
- 18From:Budget ReportsWAGES BEGAN TO RISE AGAIN--BUT GAPS REMAIN LARGE The past few years have seen a rise in wages which is the result, inter alia, of wage agreements signed by the government with the teachers' unions ("Ofek Hadash" and...
- 19From:AEI Paper & StudiesIn the early 1970s, when pollster Louis Harris began asking people whether they felt the "rich get richer and the poor, poorer," two-thirds said they felt that way. Harris has asked the question many times since then,...
- 20From:AEI Paper & StudiesStatistics focusing on annual household-level income indicate that inequality has increased in the United States in recent decades. Are these measures accurate? Inequality has traditionally been calculated in the United...