Sentences with phrase «study economic inequality»

Social mobility is an important concept for social scientists who study economic inequality and opportunity.

Schlesinger, a University of Chicago graduate, has a double master's in history from Columbia University and the London School of Economics where she studied economic inequality in cities globally.

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That's one conclusion you can draw from a new research study, titled «Firming up Inequality,» published this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The studies warn, «High inequality can diminish economic growth if it means that the country is not fully using the skills and capabilities of all its citizens or if it undermines social cohesion, leading to increased social tensions.

At least in the U.S., though, studies on the recession are now starting to shine the light on another type of economic disparity that's also been growing: wealth inequality.

But this work has also contained a distinct Marxist bias, causing it to dismiss religion as epiphenomenal, while privileging studies of economic transactions, material inequality, and political structure.

See especially Christopher Chase - Dunn, «The Effects of International Economic Dependence on Development and Inequality: A Cross-National Study,» American Sociological Review 40 (1975): 720 - 38.

A recent book published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) supports the IMF study's assertion that inequality suppresses economicEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD) supports the IMF study's assertion that inequality suppresses economiceconomic growth.

Later, the poverty he observed backpacking through Southeast Asia and in South America, where he spent 2 years studying Spanish, instilled in him a concern about economic inequality.

The study adds to a growing body of Yale research into the complex dynamics of human social networks and how those networks influence everything from economic inequality to group violence.

There is evidence that economic inequality is a large contributor to the overall middling performance by U.S. students when it comes to international comparisons, with a 2013 study suggesting that if our students came from an overall similar economic divide as other first - world countries, our ranking would rise considerably.

He has studied extensively the impact of vouchers and charter schools on educational quality, and has recently focused on differences in teacher preparation and teacher salaries across countries as well as larger issues of the impact of economic inequality on educational quality.

OTTAWA — Age, not gender, is increasingly at the heart of income inequality in Canada, says a new study that warns economic growth and social stability will be at risk if companies don't start paying better wages.

There are strengths and limitations to both absolute and relative measures of low income, and use of relative measures, such as those used in the current study, have their merits when used within countries to identify those at risk of poverty and social exclusion.30 Still, Norway has low levels of poverty and economic inequality, which may restrict generalisability of these results.

Although the results from the present study may not be conclusive on whether children who participate in ECE have better learning outcomes due to lack of robust longitudinal support, it is undeniable that stimulation of child characteristics that are targeted to reduce educational inequalities at school entry between advantaged and disadvantaged children represents a critical foundation in reducing the economic, health, and social burdens associated with poverty.

By comparing outcomes for and experiences of children in households with higher and lower incomes it summarises what the study has revealed about inequalities up to age 8, explores whether there is any evidence that the socio - economic gap has narrowed or widened in recent years and highlights some key messages from the study about to improve outcomes for all children and to reduce inequalities.