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.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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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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Market structure, competition from assisted living facilities and quality in the nursing home industry
2012 study from Harvard Medical School in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy on the effect of market factors on the quality of long-term care.
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Health care as a “market good”? Appendicitis as a case study
2012 study from the University of California, San Francisco, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine about large variations in health care costs in California hospitals.
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Do data breach disclosure laws reduce identity theft?
2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University on the effectiveness of laws requiring that consumers are informed when their personal data is compromised.
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Pew Research: Gender reversal on career aspirations
2012 metastudy by Pew Research Center synthesized the results of several surveys on employment statistics and attitudes toward work and quality of life
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The promise and perils of private voluntary regulation: Labor standards and work organization in two Mexican garment factories
2012 study from MIT and Inter-American Development Bank on the complexity of implementing labor standards and differential outcomes.
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Energy in the United States: Overview and key statistics
2012 report from the Congressional Research Service on U.S. energy production and consumption, with breakdowns of production and consumption by sector.
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