Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using earning data
2011 Princeton University working paper on the estimated monetary returns and highly selective college attendance in the United States.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Assessment of Indonesia’s prospects for growth, equity and democratic governance
2010 report from Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance on Indonesia’s economic, governmental and social progress since its adoption of democratic rule in 2000.
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Congressional Research Service: Petroleum and its role in the U.S. economy
2012 petroleum-related statistics from the Congressional Research Service, including production and consumption, with breakdowns for industrial and consumer use of oil.
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Money, benefits and power: The “glass ceiling” and “glass escalator” hypotheses
2012 study by the City University of New York on the how the interaction of gender, race and ethnicity can produce wage and benefit inequality.
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Economic impact of stadiums and teams: The case of minor-league baseball
2011 study from the University of San Francisco in the Journal of Sports Economics on the effects of lowever-level baseball teams on community per-capita incomes.
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The public and private sectors in Vietnam, 1993-2006
2012 study in The World Bank Review on economic and income trends in Vietnam, as it transitioned to a more market-based model.
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Early 2000s: A period of declining teen summer employment rates
2010 study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published in Monthly Labor Review on teen summer-employment trends.
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Student loans: Do college students borrow too much — or not enough?
2012 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the consequences and dynamics of assuming student loan debt.
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Congressional-Executive Commission on China annual report 2011
2011 report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on human rights abuses and commercial and trade issues in China.
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2012 Social Security and Medicare trustees report
2012 report from the federal government on the solvency and long-term forecasts of entitlement programs in the United States.
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