Poverty and health: The mediating role of perceived discrimination
2012 study from Cornell University and University of Wisconsin-Madison in Psychological Science on how poverty levels and perceived discrimination can lead to poorer health.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Impact of mobile phone coverage on market participation: Evidence from Uganda
2009 study from the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies in World Development on how mobile technology can help farmers thrive.
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Air pollutants from automotive traffic act on glutamatergic neurons
2011 study in Environmental Health Perspectives on responses in rodent brains to particulate matter from highway traffic.
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Strong ties, weak ties and islands: Structural and cultural predictors of organizational innovation
2002 paper in Industrial and Corporate Change that examines innovation dynamics among more than 700 entrepreneurial teams attempting to start businesses.
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Constrained after college: Student loans and early-career occupational choices
2011 study by the U.C. Berkeley and Princeton University in the Journal of Public Economics on how student debt can affect early career choices.
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Implications of immigration policies for U.S. farm sector and workforce
2011 study in Economic Inquiry on the effect of U.S. immigration policy on unauthorized immigrants from Mexico and subsequent economic impacts.
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Is tourism a low-income industry? Evidence from three coastal regions
2011 study by Clemson and Michigan State University on how revenue generated by tourism is distributed across different income groups.
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Women’s well-being: Ranking America’s top 25 metro areas
2012 report by the Social Science Research Council on comparative well-being levels for women living in the metropolitan United States.
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Impacts of the world recession and economic crisis on tourism: North America
2010 report in the Journal of Travel Research on how the financial crisis is affecting travel in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
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Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture
2012 metastudy in the journal Nature on the differences in crop yields between organic farming and conventional industrialized agriculture.
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