Black gender gap in education: Historical trends and racial comparisons
2011 study in the journal Demography examining the higher education completion rates for black men and women between 1940 and 2000.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Assessing the impact of the Great Recession on income and poverty across states
2011 fact sheet published by Congress’s Joint Economic Committee on the recession’s impact at the state level.
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The bias against creativity: Why people desire but reject creative ideas
2011 study by Cornell University published in Psychological Science on feelings of uncertainty and the adoption of novel or practical ideas.
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Divergence, similarity and symmetry in perceptions of threat by China and India
2011 study in the Journal of International Affairs on India’s and China’s perceptions of one another from a security perspective.
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Transit access and zero-vehicle households
2011 report by the Brookings Institute’s Metropolitan Policy Program on the transit options of U.S. households without private vehicles.
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Downward mobility from the middle class: Waking up from the American dream
2011 study from the Pew Charitable Trusts on factors that contribute to downward mobility in the United States and how they intersect with race and gender.
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Who never receives Social Security benefits?
2011 paper by the federal Office of Retirement Policy analyzes demographic information for “never-beneficiaries” aged 62 to 84.
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Final report on the causes of BP’s Macondo Well blowout
2011 final report from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement on British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Census Bureau graphic: Recession and median income
2011 Census Bureau report updating figures on American households through 2010, including income, poverty and health.
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Food crises and political instability in North Africa and the Middle East
2011 paper correlates incidences of social unrest (as identified by news reports) with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization global food price index.
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