The first three years of life are critical for healthy development, yet families in some states have more than twice the resources of those in others—a gap created by state policy choices.
Social Sciences
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Women in the U.S. typically earned 85% as much as men for every hour they spent working in 2024. However, working women are faring much better than their moms and grandmothers did 40 years ago. In the mid-1980s, women were ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2025
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The impact of retirement on mental health depends on income level, the nature of the job left behind, and the age at which people leave the workforce, a study suggests.
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2025
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Australia's workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation.
Economics & Business
Aug 31, 2025
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Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa's city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities have experienced drought, heat waves, severe ...
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2025
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Ukrainian refugees prefer countries with better job opportunities to countries with higher social benefits. This is the finding of a recent study by the ifo Institute and LMU Munich, which surveyed over 3,300 Ukrainian refugees ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2025
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The retirement age keeps creeping up. In the UK, the state pension is currently paid to people at 66, but that's set to rise to 67 in the next couple of years, and a move to 68 might come sooner than previously planned after ...
Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2025
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More than one in three young people have experienced being ripped off by employers, and most of them did not seek redress, according to a new study from Melbourne Law School.
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2025
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A week ago, the Australian Financial Review released this year's "Rich List." It reported the number of billionaires in Australia increased from 150 to 166 between 2024 and 2025.
Economics & Business
Jun 3, 2025
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Employers often use workplace tracking apps to monitor frontline home health care workers, such as personal care aides, home health aides and certified nursing assistants. A team of Cornell researchers is exploring how these ...
Economics & Business
Jun 2, 2025
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