Individuals with learning disabilities have long faced health inequalities. It remains a serious issue in the UK’s health system, highlighted by the large proportion of premature deaths in the ...
Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...
“Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This graph ...
People around the world see various factors as contributing to economic inequality in their country: A median of 60% across 36 countries say that rich people having too much political influence leads ...
For those of you who don’t remember the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 (it even has its own acronym, GFC), it was no walk in the park. From late-2007 to mid-2009, a downturn in the US housing market ...
Christina E. Hoicka received funding from the Canada Research Chair Secretariat, New Frontiers in Research Fund, MITACs, SSHRC, NSERC, McConnell Foundation, Transition Accelerator, Natural Resources ...
Inequalities play a crucial role in mathematics and its applications. Graphing inequalities provides a visual representation, allowing us to analyze and interpret the solutions more effectively. Here ...
Global inequalities are in bad shape and mostly do not appear to be getting better. Disparities today are about the same as they were in the early 20th century, and the pandemic continues to make ...
During the past two decades, Thailand has made progress towards reducing its significant levels of inequality. Yet inequality remains high. In 2021, with an income Gini coefficient of 43.3 percent, ...
Australia is, in many respects, remarkably cohesive. Australians report high levels of trust and national pride, express strong support for ethnic diversity, and supported each other through the ...
Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...