Public attitudes toward immigration: Research review
2014 study from Stanford and Georgetown demonstrating that attitudes toward immigration are seldom driven by economic factors and are more likely explained by cultural factors.
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How access to credit is vital for economies hit by natural disaster
2013 study in Oxford Economic Papers showing how credit markets are important for disaster recovery and how this dynamic affects poor nations.
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The Syrian refugee crisis: New research on a problem of historic proportions
Two 2014 field reports from Harvard University, one based in Lebanon and the other in Jordan, provide new insights into the expanding Syrian refugee crisis.
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Does legalized prostitution increase human trafficking?
A 2013 study in World Development investigating the effect of legalized prostitution on human trafficking.
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Financial literacy, consumer education and economic outcomes
2013 study in the Annual Review of Economics on the individual and societal consequences of low levels of financial knowledge and possible solutions.
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Occupational gender segregation, social stratification and pay differences
2012 study published in the journal Sociology on the relationship between occupational segregation by gender and the extent of gender inequality.
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