Comparing price and non-price approaches to urban water conservation
2014 and 2009 studies from U.C. Riverside, Yale and the Harvard Kennedy School on the relative merits of policies to encourage efficient use of scarce water resources.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
2014 and 2009 studies from U.C. Riverside, Yale and the Harvard Kennedy School on the relative merits of policies to encourage efficient use of scarce water resources.
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2014 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examining how shifting social perceptions during economic downturns can exacerbate racial disparities.
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2015 study in Nature Neuroscience showing the relationship between a child’s family income and parental education levels and the amount of brain surface area.
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2015 roundup of research on recent technological advances that could enable wider adoption of electrical vehicles powered by sustainable energy sources.
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2015 report from the Congressional Research Service detailing key issues relating to virtual currencies, related trends and unanswered questions.
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2015 study from World Bank researchers on the prevalence of formal financial services in the lives of Africans and the characteristics of persons who use banking services of various kinds.
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2015 working paper from Harvard University Law School on the expanded corporate use of the First Amendment over time, based on a statistical analysis of 423 cases.
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2015 roundup of research relevant to the debate over extremists’ usage of social media channels to deliver propaganda and efforts to deal with threats and incitement online.
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2015 review of research on social mobility in the U.S., with a focus on a study in Psychological Science examining associations between ideology and perceptions of mobility.
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2015 report from the Federal Trade Commission detailing fraud and abuse complaints across the United States, with state- and metro-area level rates of consumer reporting.
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