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A month or so ago, a new study from four respected economists argued that “positive assortative mating” — when men marry women of similar educational attainment — is a major driver of economic ...

South Africa suffers among the highest levels of inequality in the world when measured by the commonly used Gini index. Inequality manifests itself through a skewed income distribution, unequal access ...