Keyword: inequality

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Europe

Women and the Labor Market

This European survey examines (a) By enabling women’s life choices about education, work and family, the contraceptive pill made a substantial contribution to closing gender gaps in the labor market for professionals; (b) Gender gaps in today’s labor market arise less from differences in educational and occupational choices than from the differential career impact of parenthood and social norms around men's and women’s roles in childrearing;  (c) The gender gap in pay would be substantially reduced if firms had fewer incentives to offer disproportionate rewards to individuals who work long and/or inflexible hours
US

Women and the Labor Market

This US survey examines (a) By enabling women’s life choices about education, work and family, the contraceptive pill made a substantial contribution to closing gender gaps in the labor market for professionals; (b) Gender gaps in today’s labor market arise less from differences in educational and occupational choices than from the differential career impact of parenthood and social norms around men's and women’s roles in childrearing;  (c) The gender gap in pay would be substantially reduced if firms had fewer incentives to offer disproportionate rewards to individuals who work long and/or inflexible hours
Europe

Political Economics

This week’s IGM European Economic Experts Panel statements:   A) Political conflict plays a key role in shaping economic decisions, policies and outcomes. B) Most European countries have larger social welfare systems than the United States in part because the latter is more heterogeneous by race and ethnicity.  
Europe

Inequality and the COVID-19 Crisis

This week’s IGM European Economic Experts Panel statements: A) Even with the support policies implemented by European governments in response to the crisis, low-income workers will suffer a relatively bigger hit to their incomes than those further up the distribution. B) With schools across Europe closed in the lockdown, existing gaps in access to quality education between high- and low-income households will be exacerbated. C) Combating the effects of the pandemic on inequality should be a priority for policy interventions.
US

Inequality and the COVID-19 Crisis

This week’s IGM Economic Experts Panel statements: A) With the economy in lockdown, low-income workers who are above the poverty line will suffer a relatively bigger hit to their incomes than those further up the distribution (even accounting for all government support schemes). B) With the economy in lockdown, existing gaps in access to quality education between high- and low-income households will be exacerbated. C) The mortality impact of Covid-19 is likely to fall disproportionately on disadvantaged socio-economic groups.