Bakary Seckan
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Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?
2013 study in Environmental and Resource Economics showing that firms with a reputation for corporate social responsibility often pay their employees lower wages and gender plays a strong role in these dynamics.
How Should Inmates Be Released from Prison? An Assessment of Parole Versus Fixed Sentence Regimes
2013 study from Columbia University demonstrating the importance of parole boards and their effectiveness in reducing recidivism.
Workplace Violence in America: Frequency and Effects
2013 review of several studies and reports that provide data and insight into the issue of U.S. workplace violence.
Road safety and motor vehicle accidents: Surveying global and U.S. data
2013 World Health Organization report and a survey of U.S.-related data that shed light on the continuing problems of motor vehicle accidents and related policy dynamics.
Is There an Asian Model of Technological Emergence?
2013 study in Socio-Economic Review assessing looking at distinctions among Asian countries in terms of technological development and economics.
How Long Will It Take to Lift One Billion People out of Poverty?
2013 paper in the World Bank Research Observer that estimates, under an optimistic scenario, a billion people could be lifted out of extreme poverty by 2027.
2012 report from Harvard University on impact of the 2008 housing crash on low-income and minority individuals.
Property Values, Parks, and Crime: A Hedonic Analysis in Baltimore, MD
2008 study in Landscaping and Urban Planning on the effect of crime levels and park proximity on property values in Baltimore.
Price and Expenditure Elasticities for Fresh Fruit in an Urban Food Desert
2012 study in Urban Studies on the availability of and demand for fruit and vegetables in a low-income neighborhood of Detroit.
Crime, House Prices and Inequality: Examining Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas
2012 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on how increased policing in Brazil’s favelas can lead to economic benefits and decreased inequality.
Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Last Two Decades
2012 study in the Journal of African Economies examining complex trends relating to growth and poverty reduction on the African continent.
Global Changes in Diets and the Consequences for Land Requirements for Food
2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences on the problematic pace of global land consumption and agricultural output required to supply the world’s growing population.
Go Where the Money Is: Modeling Street Robbers’ Location Choices
2012 study in the Journal of Economic Geography on how street robberies cluster in certain areas, and why.
Housing Busts and Household Mobility: An Update, 2012
2012 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School on how mortgage debt limits the ability of individuals and families to move to a new area to seek opportunity.
Early Predictors of High School Math Achievement
2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University, University of California-Irvine and others published in Psychological Science on the link between elementary and high school math achievement.
The Creative Class and the Crisis
2012 study from the University of Toronto and other institutions on structural changes in the U.S. job market, as demonstrated during the Great Recession.
The Territorial Dynamics of Innovation in China and India
2012 study from the London School of Economics on differences between China and India in terms of business innovation.
Gentrification and Low Income Neighborhoods: Entry, Exit and Enhancement
2010 study from the United States Census Bureau and New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy on gentrification and displacement.
The Rise of Residential Segregation by Income
2012 study from the Pew Research Center on how the American demographic landscape is seeing increasing numbers of areas segregated by income.
Do Judges Vary in their Treatment of Race?
2012 paper from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and Harvard University on defendant race and unequal sentencing decisions.
