Computer usage and access in low-income urban communities
2013 study from USC showing the promise and challenges involved in a program providing access to computers to low-income residents in Los Angeles.
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Microfinance and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa
2012 scholarly literature review regarding microfinance programs and their effects in developing African countries.
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Journalism education reform trends, ideas and research: Roundup of recent news, publications
Collection of articles and projects with a journalism education reform theme published in 2012-2013.
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A homeowner’s dilemma: Anchoring in real estate transactions
2013 study from the University of Pennsylvania that finds that, in general, over-pricing homes produces higher selling prices than under-pricing and hoping for a “bidding war.”
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Slowdown in the economic assimilation of immigrants
2013 study from Harvard University for the National Bureau of Economic Research on changes in the economic assimilation and mobility of U.S. immigrants .
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Unions, norms and the rise in American wage inequality
2011 study by University of Washington and Harvard University in the American Sociological Review on union membership trends and impacts on the labor market.
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Do tax and expenditure limits hinder the condition of public infrastructure? The case of the nation’s system of bridges
2013 study on the relationship between the restrictiveness of state TELs and the condition of their bridges.
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The asset price melt-down and the wealth of the middle class
2013 study from New York University explaining precisely why the U.S. middle class fared so badly during the Great Recession and the persistent problems that stem from that period.
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Child care arrangements and patterns in America: Census data
2013 Census bureau report on child care patterns and associated costs for families.
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Road safety and motor vehicle crashes: Surveying global and U.S. data
2013 World Health Organization report and a survey of U.S.-related data that shed light on the continuing problems of motor vehicle accidents and related policy dynamics.
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