The troubled U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
2008 study published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the factors that have hurt the U.S. pension-insurance corporation.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Peak travel? Trends in passenger transport
2011 Stanford and U.C. Berkeley study on global trends in transportation and how they may impact predictions about future carbon emissions levels.
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Equality and inequality in the Arab region
2010 study by the World Bank and Laval University for the Cairo-based Economic Research Forum on development and economic challenges in the Arab world
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Effects of beverage alcohol price and tax levels on drinking
2009 metastudy by the University of Florida examining the reported effects of alcohol price/taxes on purchasing and consumption habits.
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The greenness of cities: C02 emissions and urban development
2008 policy brief by the Rappaport Institute and Taubman Center on carbon dioxide emissions across metropolitan and suburban areas in the United States.
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Claiming health: Front-of-package labeling of children’s food
2011 report by the Prevention Institute examining the nutritional qualities of 58 children’s products with front-of-the-package labeling.
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Importance of the individual insurance mandate: Evidence from Massachusetts
2011 analysis by researchers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Wellesley College on the Commonwealth’s insurance-requirement law.
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Subprime opportunity: The unfulfilled promise of for-profit colleges and universities
2010 report from the Education Trust on the relative characteristics of the for-profit school sector, including tuition costs, average student loan amounts and default rates, and graduation rates.
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What’s the hard return on employee wellness programs?
2010 study published in the Harvard Business Review potential benefits of well-designed wellness programs to both companies and workers.
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Climate change and economic growth: Evidence from the last half century
2008 paper by researchers from Harvard, MIT and Northwestern University on the potential effect of climate change on nations’ economic growth.
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