Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.
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If real, inflation-adjusted wages are up, then why are millions of Americans so down about their economic prospects?
Research shows that coastal businesses’ hurricane recovery depends on workers being able to return.
The author, who died Sept. 1, 2022, inspired countless researchers to probe the injustices working people face.
The media tends to render Asian Americans as either a ‘perpetual foreigner’ or ‘model minority’ – both stereotypes that have been levied in tandem against immigrants from Asia since the 1830s.
The higher a person’s salary, the most likely they are to be able to work from home; it’s not an option for most low-income workers. Here’s what governments can do to help encourage more remote work.
In addition to the elderly and health workers, those holding front-line jobs are particularly exposed. Infection risk and aggravating co-morbidities could compound social inequalities in time of crisis.
An economist specializing in inequality explains how a basic income guarantee is just what low-wage workers and the economy need.
A new analysis shows an economic downturn due to COVID-19 will dramatically increase rental stress for people with insecure or casual work.
Celebrity chefs often preach about the ease of home cooking and meal planning. But for most mothers juggling a job, child care, housework and meal prep, this is virtually impossible.
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Chercheuse, Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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