While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked—but a new study from Drexel University has taken a deeper ...

AMES, Iowa – Job growth in the retail and service sector has not matched the wages of manufacturing and other middle-skill level jobs lost over the past decade in Iowa. The difference has contributed ...

Income inequality dipped, more people had college degrees, fewer people moved to a different home and the share of Asian and Hispanic residents increased in the United States last year, according to ...

We found that unpaid work used to significantly cushion inequality through the provision of many services. But we also determined that this cushion has been thinning for 50 years. Our findings ...

A homeless encampment in Kitchener, Ontario, in front of the former Krug Furniture factory According to a report by Statistics Canada on income and wealth distribution issued in July, income ...

A Newsweek map shows which U.S. region has seen the highest increase in median household income—and the Midwest came out top. The U.S. Census Bureau has released a report on its estimates of income, ...