In the pandemic, India’s middle class shrinks and poverty spreads while China sees smaller changes
The course of the pandemic in India and China will have a substantial effect on changes in the distribution of income at the global level.
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The course of the pandemic in India and China will have a substantial effect on changes in the distribution of income at the global level.
About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.
Union membership has had a somewhat unexpected – but likely temporary – turnaround amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
The difference between the earnings of men and women has barely closed in the United States in the past two decades. This gap persists even as women today are more likely than men to have graduated from college, suggesting other factors are at play such as parenthood and other family needs.
The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
The number of American homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million over the past year, according to the Census Bureau.
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
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