Tag: Inequality

Log-Sobolev inequality holds for some Gibbs measures
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in Mathematical analysis
What the study found The authors show that the Gibbs measures for the focusing Schrödinger equation satisfy a log-Sobolev inequality when 2 ≤ p ≤ 4. For p > 4, they establish a lower bound for the Hessian of the effective potential. Why the authors say this matters The study suggests that the log-Sobolev inequality…
Political organizing is argued to support egalitarian citizenship goals
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in Social Sciences
What the study found The article argues that political organizing has instrumental value for achieving egalitarian goals. It presents political organizing as able to help transform citizenship by both expanding the entitlements citizenship provides and reducing barriers to citizenship status for non-members. Why the authors say this matters The authors suggest this matters because, in…
COVID-19 reversed South Africa’s maternal mortality gains
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in Medicine
South Africa’s pandemic-era maternal mortality surged 42%, reversing prior gains and threatening SDG 3.1 targets. Provincial disparities remain severe.
Health justice is shaped by power, institutions, and governance
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in Health Sciences
Commentary examining health justice as a political project embedded in power relations, institutional constraints, and epistemic authority rather than purely moral or technical achievement.
US and Japan differ in how group identity shapes exclusion
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in Social Sciences
Comparative analysis of how race and ethnocultural identity determine institutional discrimination and social belonging in the United States versus Japan.
Education and discrimination explain much of the U.S. gender wage gap
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in Labour economics
Review of gender wage gap drivers in the U.S., examining statistical discrimination, human capital models, and occupational segregation as explanations for persistent income inequality.
Automation lowers rents and widens inequality less within groups
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in Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Automation targets high-wage jobs, dissipates worker rents, and offsets productivity gains. Analysis of U.S. data shows automation explains half of wage inequality growth since 1980.
Pollution transfer in the Yangtze River Delta expanded over time
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in Environmental protection
Analysis of pollution transfer networks in China’s Yangtze River Delta reveals how economic and institutional factors drive regional redistribution of environmental health risks.
Household production reduces measured inequality, but less over time
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in Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Analysis of household production’s role in material living standards inequality in the U.S., 1965–2018, showing extended income measures capture greater inequality than market metrics alone.
Segregation is linked to higher non-White homicide victimization
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in Social Sciences
Study finds segregation causally increases non-White homicide victimization through fiscal depletion and reduced public services in northern cities.