http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. While higher education has helped women narrow their long-running wage gap with men, there is one college-related factor that has becoming increasingly important in perpetuating that gap, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news169051532.html Other Sciences Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:46:52 EST news169051532 (AP) -- The Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios said Friday they have reached a tentative deal on movie and prime-time TV show productions, capping a yearlong battle that ended with the Guild giving up its fight for better Internet compensation. http://www.physorg.com/news159346524.html Technology Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:01:04 EST news159346524 A recent study in the Journal of Political Economy sheds light on the role racial prejudice plays in the wage gap between whites and blacks in the U.S. http://www.physorg.com/news148736151.html Other Sciences Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:35:51 EST news148736151 Against a backdrop of stories about Britain's "broken society" there are examples of community action bringing positive changes. One recent example of such community spirit is in London where 'London Citizens' recently fought for - and won - higher wages for some of the city's lowest paid. http://www.physorg.com/news145016309.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:18:29 EST news145016309 A new study in the journal Industrial Relations reveals that employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage within a comparison group, as opposed to the individual's absolute pay. http://www.physorg.com/news139068485.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:08:05 EST news139068485 The apparent narrowing of the wage gap between working men and women in the last 30 years reflects changes in the type of women in the workforce, rather than in how much they're being paid, according to groundbreaking new research by Brown University economist Yona Rubinstein and Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago. Rubinstein says the impression that the labor market treats women better today than three decades ago is a "statistical illusion." The findings are published in the August issue of The Quarterly Journal of Economics. http://www.physorg.com/news137770700.html Other Sciences Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:38:20 EST news137770700 (PhysOrg.com) -- As various states consider minimum wage increases, and with Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama proposing that the minimum wage be increased and indexed to adjust for cost-of-living increases, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) have found that such increases do benefit the lowest-paid workers and do not have negative effects on their employment. http://www.physorg.com/news136130859.html Other Sciences Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:07:39 EST news136130859