Tag: Income

  • Nation & World

    Tracking ‘nepo baby’ effect on young Americans’ earnings

    Matthew Staiger, an economist and research scientist at Harvard’s Opportunity Insights, finds nearly 1 in 3 latch on with parent’s employer and earn more because of it — but there is race gap.

    4 minutes
    Matt Staiger.
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    Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities

    The wealth gap between Black and white Americans is examined in this installment of the “Unequal” series.

    17 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Cities’ wealth gap is growing, too

    Harvard research has found that separation between rich and poor communities has increased during the past 40 years.

    4 minutes
    Robert Manduca.
  • Nation & World

    Should landlords have to share what’s been bugging them?

    It might seem crazy for landlords to tell potential tenants about past bedbug infestations, but Alison Hill believes it will pay off in the long run. In a study, Hill found that while landlords would see a modest drop in rental income in the short term, they would make that money back in a handful…

    5 minutes
    A bedbug.
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    Racial and economic disparities intertwined, study finds

    While African-Americans have moved to higher ranks on the income distribution scale in the decades since the Civil Rights Movement, those improvements have largely been blunted by rapid income growth for the richest members of society and income stagnation among lower- and middle-income families.

    5 minutes
    Robert Manduca
  • Nation & World

    The costs of inequality: When a fair shake isn’t

    Inequality is rampant in American life and is a key topic in the presidential campaign, but Harvard faculty members have been exploring its many facets for decades, and suggesting some solutions.

    18 minutes
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    The teaching launch

    A new study found that middle school teachers can have a real impact not only on students’ short-term educations, but on whether they attend college and on the size of their future paychecks.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Pinched minds

    The accumulation of money woes and day-to-day anxiety leaves many low-income individuals not only struggling financially, but cognitively, says Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan. In a study featured in Science, he reports that the “cognitive deficit” caused by poverty translates into as many as 10 IQ points.

    5 minutes
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    FAS ends fiscal year under budget

    The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has ended fiscal 2009 under budget by $6 million after targeted budget cuts were implemented and current-use financial gifts to the endowment increased.

    3 minutes