Wage earners get larger (relative) share at smaller companies, not at giants like Apple, Alphabet and Amazon
Ricardo Perez-Truglia’s research uses relocation choices of medical residents to study feelings about relative income
A scan of a million brokerage accounts finds the wealthy trade ahead of market-moving news
Study of a large corporation explores how salary comparisons affect employee behavior
Top executives saw much larger gains after broadband adoption than the workers below them
Many assume salary transparency will benefit employees, but research suggests downsides, too
Cost burdens affect half of U.S. households that rent, as housing shortage worsens
Analysis shows an increase in jobs for low-wage workers, but the buying power of their paycheck declines
Socioeconomic factors magnify the boy-girl divide and can explain cross-race differences
Biases around race, nation-of-origin and disability are small compared to the preference for helping the diligent
At one bank, the cumulative effect of male bonding accounts for 39% of the gender pay gap
Municipalities address increased traffic, pollution, taxi company bankruptcies and driver poverty
New research suggests increased risk of illness and death in middle age, on top of longer-lasting income penalty
Smartphone data reveals that wait times at the polls are much longer for black people
A tool in the debate over shareholder primacy and wealth disparities
Technology and “industrialization” are reshaping services as they did manufacturing