“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 ...

Does living in an unequal society make people unhappy? Not necessarily, reveals the largest study ever conducted on the ...

The message from William M. Rodgers III, vice president and director of the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was stark. “For a growing number of United States ...

Discover how industrialization transformed economies with rising wages and social shifts. Explore industrial history's effect ...

It was about five years ago that I first started noticing the name Eunji Kim on some interesting research. Best dissertation, best paper, best article — she seemed to be winning them all. In her ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

One concern overwhelms the minds of many Americans: the cost of living is too high. While many can relate to this sentiment, not everyone experiences this problem equally, especially in cities like ...

Does living in an unequal society make people unhappy? Not necessarily, reveals the largest study ever conducted on the ...