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  2. Social class in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The median wealth of married couples exceeds that of single individuals, regardless of gender and across all age categories. [11]It is impossible to understand people's behavior…without the concept of social stratification, because class position has a pervasive influence on almost everything…the clothes we wear…the television shows we watch…the colors we paint our homes in and the ...

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by income inequality

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    The United States has the greatest income disparity among developed nations. [1] However, the inequality indicators vary considerably from state to state. States that have a high concentration of skilled jobs, implement regressive tax policies, or have weaker worker protections in general tend to have greater income inequalities.

  4. Category:Chart, diagram and graph templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:Chart, diagram and graph templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Chart, diagram and graph templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  5. Tax policy and economic inequality in the United States

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    For example, a 2011 Congressional Research Service report stated, "Changes in capital gains and dividends were the largest contributor to the increase in the overall income inequality." [ 11 ] CBO estimated tax expenditures would be $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2017, approximately 8% GDP; for scale, the budget deficit historically has averaged ...

  6. Income inequality metrics - Wikipedia

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    The Atkinson ε parameter is often called the "inequality aversion parameter", since it regulates the sensitivity of the implied social welfare losses from inequality to income inequality as measured by some corresponding generalised entropy index. The Atkinson index is defined in reference to a corresponding social welfare function, where mean ...

  7. Social inequality - Wikipedia

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    Differences in accessing social goods within society are influenced by factors like power, religion, kinship, prestige, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, intelligence and class. Social inequality usually implies the lack of equality of outcome, but may alternatively be conceptualized as a lack of equality in access to ...

  8. Template:Social class in the US - Wikipedia

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    Lower middle class (30%) Semi-professionals and craftsmen with a roughly average standard of living. Most have some college education and are white-collar. Lower middle class (32%) Semi-professionals and craftsmen with some work autonomy; household incomes commonly range from $35,000 to $75,000. Typically, some college education. Working class ...

  9. Great Gatsby Curve - Wikipedia

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    A plot of intergenerational immobility against inequality, with the US highlighted in red (data from 2012) The "Great Gatsby Curve" is the term given to the positive empirical relationship between cross-sectional income inequality and persistence of income across generations. [1]