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Study: Higher education playing bigger role in gender wage gap
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Aug 09, 2009 |
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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.
Changes in work force, not pay, narrowing the gender wage gap
Aug 12, 2008 |
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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 ...
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Study: Prejudice could cost a black worker thousands
Dec 17, 2008 |
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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.
Community support wins 'ghost'
Nov 04, 2008 |
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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 ...
Wage gap linked to customer bias
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Jun 03, 2009 |
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Researchers have helped solve the mystery of why white men continue to earn 25 percent more than equally well-performing women and minorities. Managers and business owners must pay a premium for white male employees because ...
Men-women life expectancy gap narrows
May 01, 2006 |
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Women may have longer life expectancy than men but that gap in the United States has now narrowed to five years, the shortest in 50 years.
Even low alcohol consumption has a negative impact on overall health
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Low alcohol consumption is bad for your health in general. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation studied the relationship between alcohol consumption and he ...
4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...
Racial Segregation Fuels Early Black-White Achievement Gap, Data Suggest
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Racial segregation of schools, and thereby segregated neighborhoods, appears to be a leading source of academic achievement disparities between young black and white children, according to research by sociologist Dennis J. ...
Energy gap useful tool for successful weight loss maintenance strategy
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Americans continue to get heavier. Most weight control methods short of bariatric surgery are generally considered ineffective in preventing obesity or reducing weight. The term energy gap was coined to estimate the change ...
Small classes give extra boost to low-achieving students
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Small classes in early grades improve test scores in later grades for students of all achievement levels, but low achievers get an extra boost. That's the finding of a study on the long-term effects of class size in the November ...
Study: Small Classes Give Extra Boost to Low-Achieving Students
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Small classes in early grades improve test scores in later grades for students of all achievement levels, but low achievers get an extra boost. That’s the finding of a study on the long-term effects of class ...
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