Jessica Kirkpatrick, the lead product data scientist at Hired, led a study of «the state
of wage inequality» using data from more than 100,000 job offers to 15,000 candidates at 3,000 companies who use Hired's software for recruiting.
«Women, Work, And The State
Of Wage Inequality» Report From Hired Shows The Wage Gap Is Very Real — But Doesn't Have To Be Forever
Hired's «Women, Work, And The State
Of Wage Inequality» Report Shows Just How Many Groups Unequal Pay Impacts
Cabot Stock of the Month's Chief Analyst Tim Lutts posts some responses to his earlier discussion
of wage inequality.
WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says this year's event will highlight the hardships
of wage inequality and struggling public schools.
More recently the EU's official think tank on life at work said: ``... the level
of wage inequality in the EU as a whole is below that of the US.
But supporters of the new rule take issue with that, and they say forcing companies to post their pay ratios will highlight the issue
of wage inequality.
The research, which is based on salary and offer data (rather than self - reported numbers), is compiled into a report called Women, Work, and the State
of Wage Inequality.
Not exact matches
US election + BREXIT = populist repudiation
of era
of inequality, globalization, wage deflation; cements BofAML themes of peak Liquidity, Inequality, Globalization + Main St over Wall St. Electoral trends could mark secular low in long - term bond yields
inequality, globalization,
wage deflation; cements BofAML themes
of peak Liquidity,
Inequality, Globalization + Main St over Wall St. Electoral trends could mark secular low in long - term bond yields
Inequality, Globalization + Main St over Wall St. Electoral trends could mark secular low in long - term bond yields (Chart 1).
Furman argues that such business concentration is a leading cause
of inequality and
wage stagnation.
The combination
of unequal
wage growth and rising rents has led to an increase in
inequality between blue - collar, knowledge, and service workers in most metros.
A couple
of years ago, the issue was brought into social media discourse in the world
of money expert Clark Howard when Facebook readers responded to our post about a bar charging women 77 %
of their tabs to highlight
wage inequality.
But most
of the descriptions they attach to it appertain to impersonal states
of affairs — «high unemployment» or «
inequality of incomes» or «lack
of a living
wage» are cited as instances
of «social injustice.»
In Japan, a system
of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition
of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a
wage system in those kinds
of businesses where workers receive a substantial share
of their annual income in the form
of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead
of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels
of income
inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels
of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.
Their worry that
wage - labourers might not be fully independent, because
of radical
inequalities of wealth, points us well beyond the current, quite popular but potentially superficial, concern with
inequalities of income.
«Unions are a powerful weapon in the fight against
inequality,
wage stagnation and a system that doesn't represent the needs
of a large majority
of American workers.»
The problem was that Miliband's approach was simultaneously too minimalist (raising the minimum
wage to # 8 an hour over the period
of five years was hardly going to redress
inequalities) and was presented in an angry and divisive language that was bound to be badly received by the right - wing press.
And, not least, there are profound underlying problems with the political economy which has been built through the existing UK state: the fragility and unevenness
of economic growth, employment precarity, long - term
wage stagnation and housing market
inequality.
For Labour, the lock
of responsibility liberated Miliband to pursue his campaign to address social
inequality with a series
of commitments on the minimum
wage, zero - hours contracts, freezes on energy prices, a cap on train fares and extra investments on the NHS.
For example, I do not accept that the minimum
wage (which could addresses a power
inequality in employer - employee relations) means the utter destruction
of a jobs market.
The $ 10.50 minimum
wage piece is part
of a 10 - point poverty and income
inequality plan released Sunday.
Though the mayor has cast a higher minimum
wage as essential to his goal
of reducing income
inequality, state lawmakers appear disinclined to adopt his plans.
Since it lost power in 2010, the Labour party has been in search
of an answer to the de-industrialisation, growing
wage inequality and economic insecurity that proved fertile territory for the Brexit campaign.
The minimum
wage proposal is one
of Cuomo's new «Ten Point Plan to Combat Poverty and Fight
Inequality.»
Citizen Action
of New York's Karen Scharff agreed, saying his new language» is very much tied into his call for ending the
inequality gap and raising the minimum
wage... Public funding
of elections is not only a way to end corruption but to give ordinary New Yorkers a voice in our elections.»
Of all the solutions to this growing inequality gap that are doing the rounds, imposing a maximum wage differential between high and low paid workers has to be one of the more radica
Of all the solutions to this growing
inequality gap that are doing the rounds, imposing a maximum
wage differential between high and low paid workers has to be one
of the more radica
of the more radical.
«That's why the Working Families Party stands shoulder to shoulder with the movement
of courageous low -
wage workers whose fight for $ 15 has transformed the national debate about
inequality.
This was Michael's link to his LabourList piece, arguing that «Now
of course, we all know the background behind the idea: the shocking levels
of inequality, the people struggling to get by, working huge numbers
of hours, living in a heavily taxed world, and trying to do it all on a terribly low
wage.
At the 24th annual People's State
of the State, advocates for New York's poor called for a minimum
wage of at least $ 10 to address what they call a state crisis
of inequality.
Is the living
wage the answer to poverty and
inequality - no, not at all, because it merely tinkers round the edges
of servitude, and negotiates better terms rather than dealing with the fundamental problem.
ALBANY — Making a reference to «income
inequality» that is normal for New York Democrats but rare for him, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said he would seek to raise the minimum
wage to $ 11.50 in New York City and $ 10.50 in the rest
of the state, in addition to a slew
of other actions he said were designed «move the state forward as one.»
After 14 years since the last increase in unemployment benefits and over 6 years
of an essentially flat minimum
wage, Albany has finally answered the call
of New York's hard working families, and begun to address the issue
of rampant income
inequality.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocates for New York's poor are calling for a minimum
wage of at least $ 10 to address what they call a state crisis
of inequality.
Income
inequality hasn't been one
of Governor Andrew Cuomo's top concerns, but on Sunday he announced that he wants to make New York the state with the highest minimum
wage in the country.
ALBANY — As he begins his sixth year in office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is forging ahead with a plan to combat income
inequality that lets him preserve his credentials as a business - friendly centrist: push to raise the minimum
wage, and hope it drowns out any talk
of raising taxes on the rich.
A $ 15 an hour minimum
wage, health care for all, increased funding for mass transit, support for teachers and other union members, stronger rent control and reversing income
inequality are just a few
of the way I will help city residents if elected governor
of New York.
The campaign for a $ 15 an hour minimum
wage in New York is being fought on emotional grounds - as a tool to fight poverty, to fix income
inequality and to ensure a «living
wage» for people on the lowest rungs
of the economic ladder.
Cuomo's union - backed «campaign» for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum
wage is billed as an effort to address economic
inequality, but new TV commercials that juxtapose excerpts
of Gov. Mario Cuomo's famous 1984 keynote address with Andrew Cuomo's own remarks have led senior Democrats to conclude the current governor is seeking to follow in his father's footsteps.
Sanders touched on many
of the issues that have marked his campaign for president: wealth
inequality, tuition - free public colleges, campaign finance reform and raising the minimum
wage to $ 15 an hour.
Identifying ways to address
inequalities like those presented at the briefing, including evidence
of a persistent gender - based
wage gap and bias in NIH R01 grant proposal evaluation, is crucial for supporting female academics» career aspirations.
Her major fields
of study are scientific labor markets, gender differences in employment outcomes,
wage inequality, scientific entrepreneurship, and children's educational attainments.
For example, many economists believe the rapid influx
of comparatively less - educated foreign immigrants has been a factor in suppressing
wage growth at the lower end
of the income scale (and hence in increasing
inequality).
She's ready to work with us to confront the issues facing children and their families today, including poverty,
wage stagnation, income
inequality and lack
of opportunity.
In urban and rural areas,
wage - labor - dependent poor households that are net buyers
of food are expected to be particularly affected due to food price increases, including in regions with high food insecurity and high
inequality (particularly in Africa), although the agricultural self - employed could benefit.
I think maybe the best - case scenario in terms
of what this is going to look like is that progressives do a much better job
of connecting the dots between climate change, economic
inequality, a shredded safety net, a political program that has
waged decades
of war not only on the idea
of bold climate action but on the idea
of investing in a serious way in the public sphere, really connecting the dots.
In awarding the prize, the Goldman Prize committee said, «In a country with growing socioeconomic
inequality and human rights violations, Berta Cáceres rallied the indigenous Lenca people
of Honduras and
waged a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world's largest dam builder to pull out
of the Agua Zarca Dam.»
With above - average salaries and an abundance
of career opportunities projected over the next two decades, the oil and natural gas industry offers solutions to
wage stagnation and income
inequality, which remain major concerns in our still - struggling economy.
But many, including the mayor
of Seattle and trade unions in the area, support the
wage increases and contend that the ordinance will alleviate poverty and better address income
inequality.
I mean, if one accepts that you have a general duty to promote equality, can you ethically vote for tax cuts for the rich or a reduction in minimum
wage rates (which might predictably increase one form
of inequality)?
If there is an
inequality in wages between a male employee and a female employee, the employer can not reduce the wages to equalize it; he must increase the
wage of the person who is making less.