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Redistribution must recognise that most workers are in informal employment.
Our study found that financial hubs around the world have significantly higher levels of income inequality.
Mopane worms are an important source of food security and cash income for some rural households.
A sociologist’s analysis of a Michigan county reveals pockets of economic instability as rising housing costs continue to pressure residents.
An economist proposes a new method of estimating the scope of poverty in different countries.
Financial literacy gives women the knowledge, confidence and skills to engage in financial decision-making.
A combination of education, income and technology has a strong influence on women’s reproductive autonomy.
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.
Asking people to find extra money to lock away in KiwiSaver during a cost-of-living crunch risks pushing them in the opposite direction.
The state breakdown shows growth in the services sector helped to offset weakness in mining and manufacturing.
Former prime minister Bob Hawke regretted saying: ‘By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty’. But his broken promise still had a surprising impact.
Full-time workers’ average tax rates have also been steadily rising – with much of the tax burden falling on people in their mid-30s to 50s.
The typical worker on the verge of retirement is due roughly $412,000 in this under-the-radar wealth.
Workers and executives are often segregated by income.
South Africa’s social relief grant has enabled recipients to search for work or start small businesses.
Despite being crucial to Sierra Leone’s agricultural sector, women lack access to land. The bora custom is making things worse.
Now at 11.5%, the gap in weekly full-time earnings has just seen its steepest annual fall in almost a decade. But national averages don’t tell the whole story.
Inequality is bad for politics, the economy, society and climate change.
The government was so pleased it called a general election.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in sociology, Sciences Po
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, Rhodes University
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Senior Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Department of Gerontology, McCormack Graduate School Director, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, Gerontology Institute, UMass Boston
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Profesora Ordinaria de Direccion Estrategica y Dirección de Personas, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town