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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.
The Vanishing Middle: Job Polarization and Workers’ Response to the Decline in Middle-Skill Jobs
2013 study form the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City showing how job polarization is not merely the result of a decline in U.S. manufacturing, but rather is a structural issue across sectors.
2013 review of research and article in the journal Science on the global energy consumption of Internet and communications technology.
Veterans, jobs, wages and unemployment issues: Research roundup
2012 research review of relevant data, studies and trends relating to employment for U.S. veterans.
Budget Sequestration: Review of Job Loss Estimates
2012 Congressional Research Service report on potential sweeping budget cuts in 2013 mandated under the Budget Control Act, should no deficit reduction deal be reached by legislators.
Why Has Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. Stopped? Zoning and Inequality
2012 paper from Harvard University exploring how restrictive zoning across the United States had decreased labor mobility and stalled progress toward diminishing income inequality.
Polarization of Job Opportunities in the U.S. Labor Market
2013 and 2010 studies for the National Bureau of Economic Research on changes in the U.S. labor market, the “hollowing out” of middle-income jobs, and disparities between high- and low-wage jobs.
Corporate Political Contributions: Investment or Agency?
2012 working paper by University of Minnesota and the University of Kansas on the relationship between firms’ political donations and corporate performance.
Labor Unions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from New Data
2010 study from Notre Dame University and Texas A&M University published in Social Indicators Research on labor unions and levels of happiness in fourteen countries.
Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
2011 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research examining how cultural diversity has affected societal growth over centuries.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Understanding Consumer Intentions on Two Major Shopping Days
2012 study from Kansas State University published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and customer preferences.
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.
Tax policy, economic growth and deficit solutions: Research roundup
2012 literature review of research and analysis on taxation theory and practice in the United States, including the Bush tax cuts, progressive taxation, consumption taxes, and taxes on higher-income households.
Beyond Guns and God: Understanding the Complexities of the White Working Class in America
2012 report from the Public Religion Research Institute on the cultural and political beliefs of white working-class Americans.
Unemployment and Voter Turnout
2012 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University on unemployment and voter turnout.
American Public Opinion on Economic Inequality, Taxes and Mobility
2012 report from Illinois Wesleyan University published in Public Opinion Quarterly on income inequality and public opinion over time.
Leave Home Without It? The Effects of Credit Card Debt and Available Credit on Spending
2011 study in the Journal of Marketing Research on how credit card debt affects the spending habits of consumers with higher self-control.
Building a Better America — One Wealth Quintile at a Time
2011 study by the Harvard Business School and Duke University on U.S. residents’ perceptions of wealth inequality in the United States.
The State of the Nation’s Housing 2012
2012 report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University on housing trends after the financial crisis.
Strong Ties, Weak Ties and Islands: Structural and Cultural Predictors of Organizational Innovation
2002 paper in Industrial and Corporate Change that examines innovation dynamics among more than 700 entrepreneurial teams attempting to start businesses.
