(Summer 2024) - The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 introduced sweeping changes to individual and corporate taxation. We summarize the major provisions, trace the origins of the Act, and compare it to previous tax changes. We also
examine the effects…

A collaborative team of researchers analyzed the information-seeking styles of more than 480,000 people from 50 countries and found that gender and education inequality track different types of knowledge exploration. Their findings suggest potential cultural…

Care infrastructures are essential for supporting families and enabling women’s participation in the labor market, but they also have implications for family in...

Low income Americans are more likely to experience food insecurity and be unable to pay their bills due to long COVID.

Unions can increase the power of workers through both collective bargaining and political avenues, potentially creating less income inequality and poverty. Howe...

Well-to-do and better-educated Americans have far lower rates of heart disease than the rest of the population, a new study says.

Small business owners are more likely to identify with and vote for right-wing parties, a new study in the British Journal of Political Science, published by Cambridge University Press reveals. The research suggests it is the experience of being a small business…

Nature Climate Change - Few studies have evaluated how climate change may affect dietary habits and nutritional health. Here, using transaction data in the USA, the authors show that added sugar...

About The Study: The findings of this cohort study suggest that poverty and social disadvantage, characterized by low educational level and household income among both women and men, were associated with lower fecundability (defined as the per-month probability…

A recent analysis of global data reveals a link between income inequality and longer work weeks. The study suggests that economic disparity prompts individuals—particularly disadvantaged groups in the United States—to significantly increase their work hours.

Nature Communications - Higher incomes are associated with higher well-being. Here, in a 109-nation study, the authors show that the rank of income, rather than income itself, is associated with...

Rising economic inequality has coincided with growing political polarization and heightened opposition to immigration in the United States. This paper examines ...

A large international twin study reveals that childhood economic inequality shapes adult mental health. Published in Psychological Medicine, the research provides evidence that a wide wealth gap can magnify a person's genetic risk for developing depression.