For those who skip college, challenges are rising: Pew Research Center
2014 report from the Pew Research Center detailing how the economic divide between college-educated and those without a degree is rising.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Computerization, jobs and the future: Research views on technology’s effects
2013-14 research about the way technology is disrupting the U.S. labor market, with a focus on an Oxford University study estimating that 47% of jobs are at risk.
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Costs of and benefits resulting from public library e-government services
2013 study in First Monday on how public libraries are increasingly playing a role, largely unfunded, in helping citizens navigate government services.
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How computers are transforming American jobs: Research brief
2013 research overview of the impact of computers on U.S. workers, by Frank Seth Levy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Richard J. Murnane, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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China’s high-speed-rail network and the development of second-tier cities
2013 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on how the introduction of bullet trains is associated with rising real-estate prices in China’s secondary cities.
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May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and global communication
2014 study in The International Journal of Press/Politics on how smaller NGOs tend to struggle to communicate on the Internet.
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Gender and development in Africa: Roundup of recent research
2014 review of research and data on gender and African women, including four new papers in the Journal of African Economies.
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Urban adaptation can roll back warming of emerging megapolitan regions
2014 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) exploring the potential of urban adaptation strategies to counteract the effects of long-term global climate change.
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Effect of prices on nutrition: Comparing the impact of product- and nutrient-specific taxes
2014 National Bureau of Economic Research study suggesting that it is better to tax unhealthy ingredients broadly rather than specific brands, goods and products.
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Research chat: Global supply chains expert Richard Locke
2014 interview with Richard Locke, of MIT and Brown University, who studies global labor and corporate responsibility issues.
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