Uber, Airbnb and consequences of the sharing economy: Research roundup
2015 selection of research that helps define, understand and analyze the sharing economy, those who participate in it and its economic impact.
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Crowdsourced projects and skewed results: Research findings on participation and social influence factors
2015 and 2011 papers in PNAS that highlight dynamics within crowdsourcing projects and provide notes of caution around factors that can produce weaker or even flawed results.
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Democracy, voting and public opinion in the Arab world: New research evidence
2015 roundup of studies that speak to issues of voting, elections and public opinion, as well as issues of anti-Americanism, in the Arab world.
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How is the Internet fueling economic growth in the developing world? New research
2015 study from the OECD and Switzerland’s Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies on the potential of the Internet to improve businesses’ performance.
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Dealing with debt: Historical evidence of governments’ actions and their effectiveness
2015 study by Harvard and the American Enterprise Institute that examines the range of options governments have used to manage their levels of public debt.
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Hate crimes and research questions: Examining racial, ethnic and religious bias
2015 review of research and data that speak to issues of hate crimes motivated by bias, with a focus on definitional issues in the United States and patterns abroad.
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Neighborhood circumstances and children’s life chances: Landmark study from Harvard
2015 study from Harvard showing how neighborhood circumstance can have a substantial impact on a child’s future earnings.
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Examining success for net neutrality and digital power: A Harvard/MIT research analysis
2015 study examining the online public debate on net neutrality in the United States as the FCC was rewriting its regulations from January to November 2014.
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Politicized courts and the partisan leanings of U.S. judges and attorneys: Data analysis of the 50 states
2015 study from Stanford University and the Harvard Kennedy School comparing the ideological positions of judges across different tiers of the judiciary between judges and lawyers.
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Measuring global transparency by data openness: Research on a new ranking method
2014 study in Political Analysis proposing a new method for ranking countries on transparency issues based on willingness to report internal data to outside institutions.
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