Despite being crucial to Sierra Leone’s agricultural sector, women lack access to land. The bora custom is making things worse.
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Now at 11.5%, the gap in weekly full-time earnings has just seen its steepest annual fall in almost a decade. But national averages don’t tell the whole story.
Inequality is bad for politics, the economy, society and climate change.
The government was so pleased it called a general election.
The idea of passive income is often glamorized, but the reality is that many of these ventures require significant effort.
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
Why do gay men generally earn less than heterosexual men, and lesbian women more than heterosexual women? New research aims to find out why, and how LGBTQ+ inclusivity can be improved.
You may feel little sympathy for people in the top bracket of earnings, but don’t let that stop you reading. Like it or not, their views and actions matter to everyone
Australia could benefit from revisiting a plan to match maternity leave pay rates with prior earnings as occurs in Switzerland.
The federal government wanted to give taxpayers a couple months to prepare the year’s taxes. But as filing became more complex, the date was pushed back.
The co-hosts of the ‘Taxes for the Masses’ podcast explain the upside and downside of all those credits and deductions.
The Alberta government’s report on the supposed ills of the minimum wage should be viewed within the vast, diverse spectrum of economic literature, not just standard economics.
Budgets are imperative for people to manage their resources and attain financial goals.
Earnings of laid-off workers in southern Europe are 30% lower five years later, while in northern countries the decline is less than 10%. The differences are largely due to the likelihood of finding a new job.
Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.
The tax on electronic transactions has not generated as much revenue as the government of Ghana expected.
The ability of West Africa’s fisher women to cope or adapt in times of adversity should not let policymakers off the hook.
Instead of a guaranteed fixed income, a universal job guarantee policy provides jobs — and wages — to people who aren’t able to find work on their own.
In families that are facing economic insecurity, fathers are more likely to experience depressive symptoms that can lead to conflict.
The future of tipping should be defined by Canadians, not businesses seeking to shift responsibility for worker compensation onto consumers.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Department of Gerontology, McCormack Graduate School Director, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, Gerontology Institute, UMass Boston
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Brunel University London
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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