Compliance with environmental regulations when the rule of law is weak: Evidence from China
2014 study in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory on how companies decide to comply environmental regulations in developing countries.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Evidence that higher minimum wages improve economic well-being: Research brief
2014 research brief on impact of minimum wages on economic security and societal prosperity, by Michael A. Krassa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Benjamin Radcliff, University of Notre Dame.
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Electoral integrity, flawed contests worldwide and U.S. voting issues in global perspective
2013-14 reports and studies that rank the degree of integrity of voting worldwide, providing perspective on America’s recent questions over voting, redistricting and campaign-finance laws.
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Americans’ declining trust in others, institutions: Underlying cultural shifts
2014 study in Psychological Science on declining levels of trust across America as well as its relationship with factors such as income inequality, unemployment, crime and poverty.
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Chinese state-owned enterprises in Africa: Ambassadors or freebooters?
2014 study in the Journal of Contemporary China analyzing state-owned and private Chinese firms in Africa, their characteristics and activities, and their relationship with the government.
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The public costs of low wages paid by the fast-food industry
2013 study by U.C. Berkeley, and the University of Illinois on the use of federal and state programs by families of workers in fast-food restaurant chains.
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Women, girls and Malala: Research on gender and education in Pakistan, and beyond
2014 selection of research that sheds light on many of the challenges women face in Pakistan and the developing world. Studies look at the role of gender, religion, violence and discrimination.
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Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional and electric vehicles
2012 study in the Journal of Industrial Ecology on how electric cars stack up against those with traditional gas and diesel engines over their entire lifetimes.
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Transportation safety over time: Cars, planes, trains, walking, cycling
2013 study by Northwestern University on the relative fatality risk of a broad range of motorized and non-motorized transportation modes in the United States.
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Increasing spatial and economic polarization in America’s older industrial cities
2014 study in Urban Affairs Review analyzing trends in inequality in 10 cities whose economies once centered around heavy industry and that have been striving to reinvent themselves.
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