Child cognitive development and socioeconomic status: What do we know?
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.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Electric vehicles, battery technology and renewable energy: Research roundup
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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Bitcoin and virtual currencies: Background information and key technical and legal issues
2015 report from the Congressional Research Service detailing key issues relating to virtual currencies, related trends and unanswered questions.
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Formal and informal financial services in Africa: World Bank research
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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Corporate speech and the First Amendment: History, data and implications
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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Social and news media, violent extremism, ISIS and online speech: Research review
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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How ideology distorts Americans’ perceptions of social mobility
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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Rates of fraud, identity theft and scams across the 50 states: FTC data
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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Computerization, atomization, crowdsourcing and the new economics of employment
2014 research review on how technology will increasingly break down labor into component parts and related economic and employment outcomes.
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How the world’s most powerful leaders are viewed by the global public
December 2014 survey research from the Harvard Kennedy School showing patterns of public opinion about global leaders; based on a survey of 26,000 respondents across 30 nations.
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