Can wages buy honesty? The relationship between relative wages and employee theft
2012 study from the University of Illinois and Harvard Business School on how higher wages can reduce incidences of theft in the workplace.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Technology and collective action: Cell phones and violence in Africa
2013 study in American Political Science Review on the association between increased cell phone availability and usage and the capacity for violent conflict.
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Unique in the crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility
2013 study in Scientific Reports demonstrating that small amounts of geographical data from cell phones can be used to identify individuals.
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Foreign policy and trade: China’s relations with Africa and Latin America, 1992-2006
2013 study from Cornell examining how increased trade with China results in partner countries altering their foreign policy positions in favor of China.
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Mapping the global Twitter heartbeat: The geography of Twitter
2013 study from Silicon Graphics International (SGI), the University of Illinois, and social media data vendor GNIP on geography and Twitter use.
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U.S. competitiveness at a cross roads: Findings of Harvard Business School’s 2012 survey
2013 report from Harvard Business School examining findings from industry and the general public regarding the overall mood toward America’s ability to compete economically.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: May 2013
May 2013 collection of interesting nine new studies/reports in the realms of social and news media, global technology and more.
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Digital media and society: Covering social media, technology and a networked world
Semester-long course on digital media and its impact on society, politics, journalism, privacy, law and the economy.
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Climate change, natural disasters and community resiliency: Research roundup
2013 selection of recent research on the effects of climate change on the built environment and how individuals and communities can best adapt.
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Tax havens: Exploring “treasure islands”
Findings from a variety of studies, and a paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, on the impact of tax havens on global financial market competition.
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