Larger cities drive growing wage gap between the rich and the poor, study shows

Monday, February 7, 2011 - 12:33 in Mathematics & Economics

Why in the United States are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? A new study shows that our larger cities are responsible for up to one-third of the growth in the wage gap. And it's the soaring salaries of many urban dwellers that is causing the mega income gap in megacities.

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