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New Report Shows That Amongst Top Tier Managers In Australian Organisations, Men are Paid $100,000 More Than Women

January 25, 2021 admin Income Inequality

A new report released on Thursday has illustrated that amongst top tier managers in Australian organisations, men are paid, on

The Main Reason Women Make Less Money Than Men

November 10, 2020 admin Income Inequality

More than half of the pay gap between the genders can be explained by the fact that women tend to

States Take Lead On Equal Pay, With Legislation Stalled In Congress

October 23, 2020 admin Income Inequality

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed his first piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, seven years ago

Narrow the Gender Pay Gap? There Are Apps for That

October 10, 2020 admin Income Inequality

Seven new apps designed to help women negotiate higher salaries, get better informed about pay differences in their fields and otherwise eliminate wage disparities between

The White House Wants To Know How Much Your Company Pays Women And Minorities

September 29, 2020 admin Income Inequality

The White House announced Friday that it plans to start collecting data on the earnings of women and minorities at

Geographical Inequality in China

April 29, 2020 admin Income Inequality, Other

China is a broad country, with hundreds of thousands of cities. However, there are huge differences between cities along the

Pay secrecy lets employers get away with paying women less

March 15, 2020 admin Income Inequality

It’s International Women’s Day and again we lament the pay gap between men and women. In Australia, the gender pay gap

The Ace We Need For An Equal Future

February 6, 2020 admin Income Inequality

If the Australian Open has taught us anything, it’s that athletic performance is priceless. For two weeks every January, fans

If women want to reduce the gender pay gap, they have to fight for it

January 17, 2020 admin Income Inequality

Men out-earn women by more than $27,000 a year. That was the finding of Workplace Gender Equality Agency data released this week.

What’s Driving Inequality: CEO Pay or Company Success?

October 25, 2019 admin Income Inequality

Income inequality has often been attributed to top executives reaping a windfall while their workers’ pay stagnates. As my Capital

Which States’ Tax Laws Widen Inequality

July 28, 2019 admin Income Inequality

The federal tax code reduces income inequality significantly, taking more from the rich than it does from the middle class

Why It Matters When Hollywood Actresses Talk About Pay Equality

June 19, 2019 admin Income Inequality

This week everyone was talking about “House of Cards” — not because Netflix just dropped a new season on us,

Robin Wright’s Equal Pay Fight Deserves Praise, But It’s a Move Only the Most Privileged Can Make

April 18, 2019 admin Income Inequality

Robin Wright has once again proven herself to be one of Hollywood’s brightest stars. This time though, it wasn’t with a

Income Inequality May Cause Boys to Drop Out of High School More Often

December 16, 2018 admin Income Inequality

The stark reality of the U.S. is that people born poor are likely to remain that way. But the exact

It’s Time To Talk About Equal Pay

November 22, 2018 admin Income Inequality

After 7 years of student life, balancing casual hospitality work with study, I was pretty excited to finally have a

The Gender Pay Gap Widens as Men’s Earnings Grow Twice as Fast as Women’s

July 28, 2018 admin Income Inequality

The gender pay gap is widening again because men’s earnings are growing this year at twice the rate of women’s. The median

U.S. Pay Inequality Is Growing More Between Firms Than Within Them, Paper Says

February 3, 2018 admin Income Inequality

U.S. earnings inequality has increased greatly in the last three decades, but the trend is due primarily to rising differences

Unequal Pay’s Lasting Legacy: Lost Income From Your 1st Day at Work Until the Day You Die

September 27, 2017 admin Income Inequality

It’s certainly not news that American women continue to earn less than men for the same work, typically 79 cents on

Income Inequality Is Wider in Atlanta Than in San Francisco or Boston

August 29, 2017 admin Income Inequality

The gap between rich and poor has expanded in U.S. cities, and nowhere is that chasm wider than Atlanta. The top

Is Australia’s Gender Wage Gap Linked To School Subject Selection?

May 11, 2017 admin Income Inequality

Women may be underrepresented in high-paying jobs in engineering and information technology because of their choice of subjects studied in

US income gap widened last year as top 1 percent gained most

January 12, 2017 admin Income Inequality

WASHINGTON (AP) — Financial inequality became even wider in the United States last year, with average income for the top