Income inequality is a hot topic in theoretical economics and an even hotter topic in the theater that is American politics. If you “feel the Bern” or if you tune in to any debate, the rich getting ...

There’s been a lot of discussion in recent years on the issue of “income inequality,” especially concerns about “increasing income inequality” (557,000 search results for that term on Google) and ...

A month or so ago, a new study from four respected economists argued that “positive assortative mating” — when men marry women of similar educational attainment — is a major driver of economic ...

South Africa suffers among the highest levels of inequality in the world when measured by the commonly used Gini index. Inequality manifests itself through a skewed income distribution, unequal access ...

South Africa's gender pay gap represents one of today's many social injustices as shown by the ILO Global Wage report's 2018/19 interesting statistics. Covering 70 countries and 80% of wage employees ...