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The Growing Role Of Parental Wealth In The Fortunes Of British Children

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The findings emerged after assessing the Wealth and Assets Survey to understand what is known as the intergenerational wealth elasticity (IWE) of society. After analyzing the survey data from 2010 to 2018, the researchers found that IWE was growing at a rate of 6% per decade.

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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

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Indeed, a survey from Digital.com found that nearly a third of those who have participated in the “Great Resignation” have created their own business since quitting their jobs. These efforts hope to succeed where Bringing Talent Home, which was an initiative run between 2010 and 2012, failed. Boosting digital literacy.

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Transparency Is Key To Removing The Gender Pay Gap

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Indeed, the authors highlight that around half of full-time employees said they were either formally prohibited or informally discouraged from discussing their salary with peers when asked during 2017 and 2018. Common practice.

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Complying with Family-Friendly Leave Policies Is Not Enough

Harvard Business Review

Since 2010, the PPACA requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide “a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.” Survey users to make sure their needs are being met.

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The U.S. Economy Is Suffering from Low Demand. Higher Wages Would Help

Harvard Business Review

Economic growth has been stuck in low gear for almost a decade now, averaging around 2% a year since 2010 while productivity growth, the key to increasing living standards, has been languishing near historic lows since the financial crisis. The Economy in 2018. percentage points to productivity growth in the period 2010 to 2014.

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To Control Health Care Costs, U.S. Employers Should Form Purchasing Alliances

Harvard Business Review

As a percent of workers’ compensation, employers’ health care spending has held steady at between 8% and 9% since 2010. The proportion of workers with HDHPs (deductibles of more than $1,300/$2,600 for an individual/family) increased from 6% to 22% between 2006 and 2018.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

A survey of members of Tech London Advocates, an industry group, revealed that 87% opposed Brexit. billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. A 2015 survey by Wayra , a startup incubator, last year found that over a fifth of startup talent in the UK came from other EU countries. The prognosis is not good.