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inequality

Families and households

Homogamy among high-income partners drives up family income inequality

September 6, 2021 Yifan Shen
Family, inequality, inequity, Work, world

More married couples today consist of two high-income or two low-income partners (i.e., income homogamy), which leads to greater income inequality in married-couple families. Yifan Shen shows that, all else … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

The motherhood earnings penalty reconsidered: a gap or a gradient?

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Joanne Muller, Nicole Hiekel and Aart Liefbroer
Children, Family, inequality, woman, Work

Examining the long-term consequences of the family life course for women’s earnings in 22 European countries, Joanne S. Muller, Nicole Hiekel & Aart C. Liefbroer find no earnings gap between mothers … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Fertility inequality can slow down global poverty reduction in developing countries

March 12, 2021June 8, 2020 Frank-Borge Wietzke
Children, Fertility, inequality, inequity, Poverty

Debates about global poverty often omit demographic factors. Frank-Borge Wietzke tries to fill this gap, and documents a significant effect of fertility on poverty. This influence works in large part … Read more

Families and households

Socioeconomic disparities in Finnish children’s family life

March 10, 2021May 13, 2019 Marika Jalovaara and Gunnar Andersson
Children, Europe, Family, Fertility, inequality, Poverty

Increasing attention is directed towards the ‘diverging destinies’ of children born in different family contexts. One might expect disparities to be small in Nordic welfare states, yet in Finland, as … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

New data on life expectancy and standard of living in France

March 9, 2021June 4, 2018 Nathalie Blanpain
inequality, Mortality, Old age

Surprising as it may seem, even in developed countries, systematic and large differences in survival exist between rich and poor populations. In France, for instance, Nathalie Blanpain tells us that … Read more

Environment and development

Counting who is dying in Sub-Saharan Africa and what they are dying from: an imperative for the post-2015 agenda

March 14, 2021March 7, 2016 Bruno Masquelier and Gloria Mathenge
Africa, Children, Health, inequality, Mortality, Poverty

Introduction The need for timely and reliable mortality estimates is acute in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and about half of all under-five deaths. Yet, there is considerable uncertainty as to mortality … Read more

Sri Lanka people
Environment and development

The population of Sri Lanka in transition: policy stance

March 3, 2021November 13, 2015 K.A.P. Siddhisena
Asia, Education, Health, Human capital, inequality, population, Poverty

The present world population of 7.3 billion is projected to increase to 8.5 billion or more by 2030, with almost 90 percent of the increase occurring in the developing countries, … Read more

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