income inequality
Earnings gap problem
Income inequality is the uneven distribution of wealth and earnings across a population.
Some gap between high and low earners exists in every economy; the term typically signals concern that the gap has grown too wide: Rising income inequality threatens social stability.
Economists measure it with tools like the Gini coefficient.
Related concepts include the wealth gap and wage stagnation.
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- wealth disparityUneven distribution of assets
- povertySevere lack of resources
- upward mobilityRising social or economic status
- economic ladderWealth-based class hierarchy
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Even wealth distribution
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