Sentences with phrase «between high income inequality»

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The figure captures the relationship between income (on the x-axis) and redistribution preferences (on the y - axis) in regions with high or low levels of inequality.

The report found a fall in income inequality between 2010 and 2012, driven in part by falling earnings among higher income households and changes in tax and benefits.

During this same period, inequality in academic achievement and educational attainments between children from high - and low - income families has also increased substantially.

There remains only a 6 percent difference between the highest and lowest performing students in the district, says Thorstenson, despite the inequality in income levels.

While the difference in high school graduation rates between high - and low - income students shrunk, inequality...

To reduce inequalities between high -, middle -, and low - income communities, more — not less — must be done for and with those who go to poor schools and who staff those schools.

School resources play a major role in student achievement, and finance reforms can effect major reductions in inequality between high - and low - income school districts.

Reardon's research revealed that the achievement gap between high - income and low - income students has widened in the past three decades largely because income inequality has increased, affluent students arrive to kindergarten better prepared than poor students, and affluent parents spend more on enrichment and tutoring.

In states that did not implement reforms, test scores in low - income districts deteriorated relative to high - income districts between 1990 and 2011, a reflection of rising inequality over this period.

However, overall inequality in resource consumption and waste generation is greater than what these comparisons between countries demonstrate since resource consumption within countries is skewed towards higher income groups.

While the potential for good knock - on effects from ABS may be limited, the potential for bad is more troubling: if access is improved only for the middle - or higher income brackets, it could exacerbate already existing inequalities in private law matters between people of different income levels — for example, landlords against tenants.

Recent research conducted in mainland China found that obesity prevalence was higher among children in wealthier families, 4 but the patterns were different in Hong Kong with higher rates of childhood obesity among lower income families.4 5 Hong Kong, despite having a per capita gross domestic product of Hong Kong dollar (HK$) 273 550, has large income differences between rich and poor as reflected by a high Gini coefficient of 0.539 reported in 2016; approximately 20 % of the population are living in poverty as defined by a monthly household income below half of the Hong Kong median.6 It is widely accepted that population health tend to be worse in societies with greater income inequalities, and hence low - income families in these societies are particularly at risk of health problems.7 In our previous study, children from Hong Kong Chinese low - income families experienced poorer health and more behavioural problems than other children in the population at similar age.8 Adults from these families also reported poorer health - related quality of life (HRQOL), 9 with 6.1 % of the parents having a known history of mental illness and 18.2 % of them reporting elevated level of stress.