41. Family Structure is Overrated as an Explanation of Inequality, Part 3 on DeParle's Marriage Plot
(Matching tags: poverty, jobs, inequality, working class, low-wage workers, income, families)

... structure and inequality, which is built on the definitely overburdened dualism of unmarried vs. married mothers.  Just one example, DeParle writes that: "Married couples are having children later than ...

42. Family Structure is Overrated as an Explanation of Inequality, Part 2 on DeParle
(Matching tags: poverty, jobs, inequality, working class, low-wage workers, income, families)

... of the rising income inequality among families with children on changes in family structure. As the story's title puts it, when Deparle looks at Shairer and Faulkner, he sees "Two Classes, Divided by 'I ...

43. Family Structure is Overrated as an Explanation of Inequality
(Matching tags: poverty, inequality, families)

In a front-page piece in Sunday's New York Times, reporter Jason DeParle touts family structure as a neglected factor in the increase in income inequality. I don't have a lot of faith in some of the researchers ...

44. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, July 7 – 13, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, inequality, unemployment, women)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Center for Economic and Policy Research Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality David Rosnick and Dean Baker ...

45. People Living Below the Income Poverty Line Today are Better Educated than Ever
(Matching tags: poverty, inequality, education, wages)

... share without a high school diploma has fallen by nearly half. A take-away point: Increasing educational attainment by itself is not at all sufficient to reduce inequality and income poverty — we need ...

46. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, April 23 - 27, 2012
(Matching tags: poverty, labor market, inequality, elderly, education, taxes, budget, medicaid, productivity)

Here is this week's roundup of labor-market policy research reports: Center for Law and Social Policy Refocusing Adult Education on Career and Postsecondary Success: An Analysis of Adult Education ...

47. Krugman, CATO, and Inequality in Latin America
(Matching tags: poverty, inequality, latin america)

Paul Krugman has kicked off a debate in the blogosphere about the historic decline in inequality in Latin America over the last decade and the role of left-of-center governments.  This is a topic ...

48. College Aid Not Keeping Pace with College Costs
(Matching tags: inequality, education, minimum wage, college)

People who haven’t gone through the financial aid process (recently or at all) might think of financial aid as mostly about grants or scholarships. Financial aid, however, comes largely in the form of ...

49. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, March 12-16, 2012
(Matching tags: poverty, labor market, inequality, minimum wage)

Below are reports on issues relating to labor-market policy released over the past week: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities TANF Weakening as a Safety Net for Poor Families Danilo Trisi and LaDonna ...

50. Divergent Revolutions for Blacks, Latinos and Whites
(Matching tags: inequality, education, gender, equal pay)

This post originally appeared on the Council on Contemporary Families' website in response to the article "Is the Gender Revolution Over?" As Cotter, Hermsen, and Vanneman argue, the extent of the gender ...