Unaccompanied migrant children in the United States: Research roundup
…an origin country secures employment in the United States. Yet having an employed parent in the United States may easily make a child in an origin country more susceptible to…
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Key demographic trends to know: Research talks on race, aging, immigration, urbanization
…and research of all kinds. Human societies are in constant flux, of course, with characteristics such as age, family size, education and employment shifting with the passage of time. For…
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Trends and statistics relating to U.S. seniors, elderly: Census Bureau 2014 report
…group also experienced an increase in unemployment rates just before the 2007-2009 recession. During this period, the unemployment rate for those 65 to 69 rose from 3.3% in 2007 to…
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Ebola virus and U.S. preparedness: Research on quarantines, treatments, transmission
…protections for civil liberties and due process. Virtually all of the laws lack key ancillary measures needed for successful quarantine, such as prohibiting employment discrimination against individuals in quarantine and…
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Will fragmented U.S. public health system meet the Ebola challenge? Research brief
…laws may be desirable. During the epidemic spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, governments in Asia and Canada enacted laws to replace wages and prevent discrimination in employment…
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How U.S. urban unrest in the 1960s can help make sense of Ferguson, Mo.: Research brief
…Voting Rights Act of 1965 transformed the South but had limited impact in the urban North. In northern cities, high wages and stable employment were undermined by deindustrialization and automation,…
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Making federal data more useful and accessible to fuel media and democracy
…formats and consider use cases and accessibility; and create more Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that are tailored to the needs of news and information companies. Background From unemployment levels…
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France, Islam, terrorism and the challenges of integration: Research roundup
…agency, indicates that in 2013, the unemployment rate for all immigrants was approximately 17.3%, nearly 80% higher than the non-immigrant rate of 9.7%, and descendents of immigrants from Africa have…
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Productivity and information technology: Research on slowdowns, growth and GDP
…Slow Lane? The Role of Information and Communications Technology,” focuses on similar issues. A research review, “Computerization, Atomization, Crowdsourcing and the New Economics of Employment,” looks at the impact of…
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Writing about a research study: Good examples of using scholarship in reporting
…amounts of data, and in 2014 the National Employment Law Project (NELP) took a close look at the types of jobs that were lost during the recession and those that…
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