Mobile leapfrogging and digital divide policy
2013 paper from the New America Foundation on existing scholarship on mobile phone use in the developing world that critically examines the potential downsides.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Declining influence of the United States Constitution
2012 study in New York University Law Review on the similarity between the U.S. Constitution and other international constitutions between 1946-2006.
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Real estate values, stock markets and consumer spending, 1975-2012
2013 paper for the NBER on the relationship between household income, consumption, house wealth and the stock market.
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When you just cannot get away: Technology and work-life spillover
2013 study in Information, Communication & Society on the rates at which frequent users of communications technologies report work-life conflicts.
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College student engagement and early career earnings
2013 study in the Review of Higher Education on relationship between engagement during college can help explain future earnings patterns.
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Improving employment and earnings for TANF recipients
2012 paper from the Urban Institute summarizing the latest research on programs that assist poor families and the strategies that have proved most effective.
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Unintended pregnancy and taxpayer spending
2011 study in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health calculating that unintended pregnancies cost taxpayers as much as $12.6 billion a year.
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Assessing the impact of training on lowland rice productivity in an African setting: Evidence from Uganda
2012 study in World Development on the transfer of Asian agricultural practices to Africa, and the outcomes of a pilot program.
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Happiness among the garbage: Differences in overall happiness among trash pickers in León, Nicaragua
2013 study in The Journal of Positive Psychology providing rare insights into the community of trash pickers living in extreme poverty in Nicaragua.
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How long will it take to lift one billion people out of poverty?
2013 paper in the World Bank Research Observer that estimates, under an optimistic scenario, a billion people could be lifted out of extreme poverty by 2027.
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