Minority vulnerability in privileged occupations: African-American financial advisers
2012 study by the University of Illinois, Chicago, on dynamics behind wage disparities between whites and African-Americans at a financial services firm.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Federal student loans: patterns in tuition, enrollment and federal Stafford loan borrowing up to the 2007-08 loan limit increase
2011 study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on changes in the federal student loan program.
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New Internet world: Global perspectives on freedom of expression, privacy and trust
2011 study from INSEAD and the Oxford Internet Institute exploring the Internet attitudes and behaviors of more than 5,400 respondents in 13 countries.
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Quantifying global transfers of copyrighted content using BitTorrent
2011 study from Carnegie-Mellon University on BitTorrent online downloads of copyrighted material.
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Rising age gap in economic well-being
2011 report from the Pew Research Center on the growing wealth gap between households headed by younger versus older members.
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Private equity and employment in the United States
2011 study for NBER uses data from the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business Database from 1980 to 2005 to assess the average outcomes of private equity buyouts
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Perceptions of national economic performance during unequal growth
2011 study from Georgetown University on shared economic perceptions of low and high income earners in America.
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Exercise, physical activity and exertion over the business cycle
2011 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effects of unemployment on peoples’ level of physical activity.
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Building blocks of economic complexity
2009 study in PNAS on diversity in developing economies and corresponding potential for growth, based on products produced and their global context.
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Trends in U.S. family income mobility, 1969-2006
2012 paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on trends in family income mobility in the United States over the past 40 years.
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