Women work more than men hours but earn, on average, 43% less per hour when you factor in domestic as well as economic labour – @marie-andreescu.bsky.social, Valentina Gabrielli, Romaine Loubes & Anne-Sophie Robilliard of the @wid.world
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Looking at domestic & economic labour together, women work more but earn 43% less than men, on average – much greater than usual estimates of the gender pay gap
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“In the nineteenth century, European powers transformed colonial and trade hierarchies into foreign wealth; today, rich countries transform monetary and financial dominance into excess returns” – @gatonievas.bsky.social of @wid.world in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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In a recent seminar at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, @mikesavagelse.bsky.social presented research on analysing the power of global elites in the 2020s.
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In our latest blog, Anthea Lawson, author of How Not To Save The World, investigates the psychosocial foundations of the “saviour complex”. For those committed to social change, might questioning one’s own assumptions be a good place to start?
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