The pandemic has made work more precarious and wages stagnate, while the cost of living has soared. NurPhoto SRL/Alamy May 1, 2024 Why demonising people as ‘workless’ won’t solve rising economic inactivity James Morrison, University of Stirling The extreme levels of poverty endured by economically inactive people (as highlighted in the government’s own data) are a direct result of deliberate political choices to continually erode benefits.
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock February 22, 2023 Gender pay gap is bigger for some women than others – here’s how to work it out Helen Kowalewska, University of Bath Summing up the gender pay gap in one number hides how inequality affects different groups of women.
Same role, different wage. AllGo August 8, 2022 Ethnic minority workers earn much less than white counterparts within the same firm – new findings John Forth, City, University of London; Alex Bryson, UCL, and Nikolaos Theodoropoulos, University of Cyprus A new paper discusses the causes of, and potential solutions to, the ethnic pay gap in British workplaces.