The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality ... (which ...

More information: Guido Alfani et al, A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58581-0 ...

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One clue as to why marriage rates for non-college-educated women declined so steeply over the 20th century is revealed when you look at a map of marriage ... on household-income inequality led ...

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