The existing dramatic gap in U.S. household wealth along racial lines cannot be attributed to personal ambition or behavioral choices but rather reflects government policies and institutional ...
Stephen P. Jenkins is Professor of Economic and Social Policy, having joined the Department of Social Policy in January 2011. He was head of department for academic years 2016/17 to 2018/19 and ...
The wealth gap between white families and their Black and Latino counterparts has widened by more than $1 million, according to a new analysis by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that ...
The average wealth gap between white families and Black and Hispanic ones reached a new high in 2022, topping $1 million in household wealth, according to a new report. New research by the Urban ...
The social and economic disparity continues to rise in the country and this has to be addressed before things get out of control, said noted economist Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman today. "In our ...
Africa is in the midst of a population boom that will see it account for a growing percentage of the world’s young people.
The High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (HLEG), attached to the OECD, was established in 2013 to follow-up on the recommendations of the Commission ...
Over recent years there has been growing interest in measuring and analysing the stark racial wealth gap which exists across many nations. In the UK, the Runnymede Trust’s 2020 The Colour of Money ...
A Japanese government project team on June 5 approved an interim report encouraging five industries with significant gender ...
In every country, some groups confront barriers that prevent them from fully participating in political, economic, and social life. These groups may be excluded not only through legal systems, land, ...
Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 HDRs, 2021/22 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to uncertainties in the ...
Following the first international workshop on the economics of ocean acidification organized by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2010, a second ...