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Study links primary care shortage with salary disparities
Sep 09, 2008 |
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The nation's shortage of primary care physicians has been linked to a host of poor health outcomes, and a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that salary disparities play a majo ...
Studies' message to women: Keep your cool
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 02, 2008 |
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New Haven, Conn.-Whether you are running for president or looking for a clerical job, you cannot afford to get angry if you are a woman, Yale University psychologist Victoria Brescoll has found.
Gender-based pay gaps among US faculty
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less than men. Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent less than men regardless of education, choice ...
Performance pay is a good lesson for education, expert finds
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Mar 13, 2009 |
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Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced a new education reform, calling for a merit-pay system for teachers in hopes of improving student performance. As the nation's public schools spend $187 billion in salaries, based ...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer's salary up 4 percent in '09
Sep 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. raised CEO Steve Ballmer's salary by 4 percent at the start of fiscal 2009, a year in which the software maker's profit declined 17 percent as the economic meltdown decimated personal ...
The changing roles of mothers and fathers
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Elvire Vaucher is a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Optometry. Her husband is an artist who works from home. Upon the birth of their second child in 2003, she took only three months maternity ...
Yahoo's Yang gets $1 in rocky final year as CEO
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. limited co-founder Jerry Yang's 2008 compensation package to his customary $1 salary during his final year as chief executive, a tumultuous reign that unraveled after he rebuffed Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 ...
Study: Racinos create mostly low-paying jobs while depressing area incomes
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While more states are tapping into the growing popularity of racinos as a means to augment budgets or create college scholarship programs, such facilities add lower paying jobs that depress local salaries, ...
Microsoft CEO's compensation down 6 percent in '09
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The value of the compensation package granted to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer fell about 6 percent in fiscal 2009, a year in which weak computer sales cut into the software maker's profits.
British private school pupils earn 30 percent more in later life
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Students who attended independent schools go on to obtain an average of 30% higher earnings than state school students, according to a study published in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society. When ...
U.S. faces nursing teacher shortage
Oct 04, 2006 |
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A shortage of teachers at U.S. nursing schools is reportedly limiting student capacity, while the demand for nurses continues to increase.
Brains or beauty: New study confirms having both leads to higher pay
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May 14, 2009 |
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People looking for a good job at a good salary could find their intelligence may not be the only trait that puts them at the top of the pay scale, according to researchers. A new study finds attractiveness, along with confidence, ...
New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher ...
Vodafone executive pays raise eyebrows
Jun 15, 2006 |
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It's been a tumultuous few months at the world's biggest mobile phone group, as Vodafone executives dealt with a very public dispute amongst themselves earlier this year, while the company embarked on a considerable ...
'Industrial relations' employee satisfaction dependent on more than relative pay
Aug 27, 2008 |
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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.
