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Is housework holding back wage equality?

Is housework holding back wage equality?

New research from Wharton associate professor of business economics and public policy Corinne Low links unequal domestic workloads to stalled progress on closing the wage gap—and even declining marriage rates.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read

The rise of tariffs
Shipping containers lined up outside a port in China.

Consumers will see the effects of these tariffs in the near future, says economics professor Enrique Mendoza, but predicting which items will see a price increase is tricky.

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The rise of tariffs

Enrique Mendoza, a professor of economics in the School of Arts & Sciences, explains what tariffs are and unpacks their potential short- and long-term effects.

From Omnia

2 min. read

Understanding the Fed’s inflation outlook
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.

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Understanding the Fed’s inflation outlook

Ahead of the Fed’s latest economic outlook, Penn Today spoke with Wharton’s Patrick Harker and Penn Arts & Sciences’ Harold Cole to unpack inflation, interest rates, and labor trends.

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