Income Inequality

Young Women Earn the Same or More Than Male Peers in These US Cities

Nevertheless, only about 16% of all working women age 30 or younger live in the areas where they are at or above wage parity with men, the report shows.

  • By Andre Claudio

The States With the Highest and Lowest Wage Gaps

While the gender-based wage gap in the U.S. has decreased in recent years, discrepancies remain, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. 

  • By Andre Claudio

How to Reduce Inflation-induced Costs for Low-income Families

Policymakers at all levels can implement solutions that help families in the short term while battling the long-term problems, according to the Urban Institute.

  • By Andre Claudio

Want Landlords to Lease to Families With Housing Vouchers? Try Asking in New Ways

COMMENTARY | The pandemic has brought new attention to the challenge of finding landlords who will accept Housing Choice Vouchers. A recent experiment offers lessons about what might help landlords say yes.

  • By Jonathan Bigelow

Study: More Than Half of Women in Tech Say Their Gender is Limiting Their Careers

The study suggests one of the biggest barriers for women in tech is a lack of promotion opportunities.

  • By Frank Konkel

Availability of Affordable Housing a ‘Major Problem’

But opinions about what is affordable vary based on demographic factors, including income, race, ethnicity and age, research shows.

  • By Andre Claudio

The States That Raised Their Minimum Wages

Twenty-one states increased their minimum wages this year and nine more planning to boost them later in 2022.

  • By Andre Claudio

How Brad Pitt’s Green Housing Dream for Hurricane Katrina Survivors Turned Into a Nightmare

So much went wrong with the homes built by the Make It Right Foundation that its low-income homebuyers were deprived of the financial security they were promised.

  • By Judith Keller , The Conversation

Cash Support for Low-income Families Directly Affects Baby Brains

COMMENTARY | A year of providing money to low-income mothers to reduce poverty had a direct effect on children’s brain development, researchers say.

  • By Duke University, Futurity

Where the Standard of Living Is Highest and Lowest

A new working paper finds that geographical differences in the standard of living are economically large.

  • By Andre Claudio

5 Strategies to Help Residents Without Bank Accounts Get Rental Assistance

Unbanked tenants have a harder time applying for emergency rental assistance, along with difficulty accessing assistance if they do receive funds, according to a report.

  • By Andre Claudio

OSHA to States: Protect Workers from Covid-19 or Forfeit Authority

The federal government put states on notice ahead of the vaccine mandate, saying it will take any defiance seriously.

  • By Alex Brown, Stateline
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A Breakdown of the Black-White Homeownership Inequality Gap

Homeownership is less achievable for Black Americans and they live in neighborhoods with houses valued at $48,000 less than white families’ homes, a new report reveals.

  • By Andre Claudio

September Saw One of the Biggest Drops in Women’s Jobs Since Pandemic Began

More than 300,000 women left the labor force last month, the second time in the pandemic that the start of a new school year and loss of child care has caused a major drop-off of women from the workforce.

  • By Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th

The States With the Weakest and Strongest Social Safety Nets

New research allows for easy comparisons of how states stack up based on a variety of social welfare and pro-labor policies, and also offers a look at economic outcomes in each place.

  • By Bill Lucia

Data Show Rise in Households Struggling to Afford Food For Kids

But the new federal statistics also reveal food insecurity among children in 2020 didn't reach levels seen during the last recession.

  • By Bill Lucia

Pandemic Hardship is About to Get a Lot Worse for Millions of Out-of-Work Americans

COMMENTARY | The door to unemployment benefits is closing for many people.

  • By Jeffrey Kucik and Don Leonard, The Conversation

Is This the End of Welfare as We Know It?

The overnight success of the new child tax credit has experts and parents taking a hard look at traditional welfare.

  • By Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic

40M Americans to Get Major Boost in Food Assistance Benefits

Aid provided through the nation’s largest food assistance program will increase by upwards of 25% beginning in October, the Biden administration announced.

  • By Bill Lucia

Poverty In 2021 Looks Different Than in 1964 – But the US Hasn’t Changed How it Measures Who’s Poor Since LBJ Began His War

  • By Mark Robert Rank, The Conversation

Wide Digital Divide Persists Between Low- and High-income Households

A Pew Research Center survey shows that people making less than $30,000 have few digital devices and lack internet access, in sharp contrast to nearly all of those making $100,000 or more.

  • By Jean Dimeo