Wage Inequality

This Got Worse In New Orleans

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Income Gap, Natural Disasters, Louisiana, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Black Unemployment, Black Income Distribution, Hurricane Katrina, Wage Gap, Wage Inequality, Video, Business News

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans came back more unequal than before. That's the conclusion of a recent report from the American Constitution So...

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Wage Inequality Between College Majors Is Growing

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.20.2012

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If you worry that you may make the same meager inflation-adjusted salary forever, you may want to consider going back to school and getting a differen...

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New York Not The Most Unequal County In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, Manhattan, Income Gap, Wall Street, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Salary, Labor Department, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, Income, Inequality, Business News

In the United States, even even the inequality is unequal. Yes, the level of income inequality among American households rose 18 percent between 1...

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Cities That Pay Women The Least

24/7 Wall St. | Ashley C. Allen, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Catalyst, Department of Labor, Equal Rights, The Institute for Women?S Policy Research, March, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, International Women's Day, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day. First observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909, t...

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Inequality, the Middle Class, and Growth

Jared Bernstein | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Wealth Inequality, Income Inequality, Economy, Wage Inequality, Economic Inequality, Economic Growth, Inequality, Business News

The trickle-down, deregulatory agenda presumes that the economic growth chain starts at the top of the wealth scale and "trickles down" to those at the middle and the bottom of that scale. Problem is, that hasn't worked. As more income, wealth, and power is concentrated at the top of the income scale, narrow coalitions form to influence policy decisions in ways less likely to promote overall, or middle-class, well-being, and more likely to favor those with disproportionate power and resources. In the current economics debate, we clearly see these dynamics playing out again and again. It's now time to start thinking about new economic models to replace the old, worn out ones.

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Men Can Be 'Cat Ladies,' Too

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Wage Inequality, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Gender Inequality, Sexism, Gymboree Onesies, The Huffington Post, Sexist Comments, Salon, Women News

Gymboree's indiscretion last week continues to offend me. If you haven't heard about it, some moms were in an uproar because the children's outfitter ...

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10 States Where Wages Declined Last Decade

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Recent College Graduates, Unemployment, Wages, Great Recession, The Atlantic, Jobs, Economic Policy Insitute, Wage Inequality, Policy Matters Ohio, Housing Crisis, Income, Business News

The past decade has largely been one of erosion for the U.S. economy: jobs lost, homes foreclosed on, gains in equality erased. And according to a new...

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POLL: Did You Negotiate Your First Salary?

Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Gender Gap, Women Salary Negotiation, Women Paid Less First Year, Gender Wage Gap, First Year Wage Gap, First Year Pay Inequality, Women Negotiate Salary, Wage Inequality, Young Women Paid Less, Wage-Inequality, Gender Pay Inequality, Women News

Recent data shows that young women earn between 15 and 17 percent less than their male peers in their first year of work after college. While there...

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5 Ways to Earn What You're Worth

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Gender Gap, Women Salary Negotiation, Gender Wage Gap, Women Paid Less First Year, Women Negotiate Salary, First Year Pay Inequality, First Year Wage Gap, Wage Inequality, Young Women Paid Less, Wage-Inequality, Gender Pay Inequality, Women News

For women in particular, negotiating your first salary -- or any salary, really -- can be difficult and more than a little intimidating. But as with m...

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'They Don’t Negotiate': Young Women College Graduates And Their First Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Gender Gap, Women Salary Negotiation, Gender Wage Gap, Women Paid Less First Year, Women Negotiate Salary, First Year Pay Inequality, First Year Wage Gap, Wage Inequality, Young Women Paid Less, Wage-Inequality, Gender Pay Inequality, Women News

NEW YORK -- Casey Ferguson was sitting in her car on Jan. 19 when she finally got the call she'd waited months to receive. On the line was Jon Newm...

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10 States With The Highest Female/Male Wage Discrepancy

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Earnings, Puerto Rico, White House, Poverty, Gender Inequality, Poverty Rates, Employment, Slidepollajax, Wage Inequality, Child Rearing, Business News

Women in the U.S. have made tremendous strides in the past century, most notably in educational attainment. Just last week, in fact, the Census showe...

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CHART: 15 Facts About Income Inequality That Everyone Should Know

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Homelessness, Income Inequality, US Inequality, Education Wage Premium, Immigration, Race Education, Health Insurance, Wage Inequality, Deregulation Labor, Slidepollajax, US Income Distribution, Business News

It might have taken a near-historic recession for many Americans to notice our country's rapidly rising levels of income inequality, but the gap betwe...

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White Males Still Earn Considerably More Than Women, Minorities

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diverse Employees, Office Diversity, Wage Inequality, Pay Inequality, Diversity in the Workplace, Business News

At a time when Americans are congratulating themselves for having a diverse field of political candidates, its business leadership still doesn't equal...

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