How eviction, housing loss affects job security among the working poor
2016 study by two Harvard University researchers that looks at how housing loss, including eviction and housing condemnation, affects job loss among the working poor.
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Strategic default and unemployment: What factors affect the likelihood that homeowners will default on their home mortgages?
2015 working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research that assesses how job loss, negative home equity and other types of “financial shock” influence whether homeowners default on mortgages
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U.S. income inequality highest since the Great Depression
2016 study published in the American Journal of Sociology that examines the connection between social class and the rise of personal income inequality since the 1980s.
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Young adults using emergency rooms to treat toothaches
2015 study published in The Journal of the American Dental Association that examines how often young adults visited U.S. emergency rooms for the treatment of toothaches between 2001 and 2010.
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Native Americans: Negative impacts of media portrayals, stereotypes
2015 study published in the Journal of Social Issues that looks at how mass media influences the way Native Americans see themselves and how others see and understand them.
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Lead poisoning: Sources of exposure, health effects and policy implications
2016 collection of research about lead poisoning, including sources of exposure, health effects and policy implications.
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Diet quality, child health and food policies in developing countries
2014 study from a scholar at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy that looks at child health and food policies in developing countries, including Bangladesh, India, Kenya and the Philippines.
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Low-income housing tax credits: Impact on property values
A 2015 study published in Urban Studies looks at changes in housing prices before and after the introduction of LIHTC subsidized housing.
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Inequalities in U.S. “safety net” programs for the poor
2015 research brief from Scholars Strategy Network and the University of Iowa that explores inequalities in how U.S. government “safety net” programs serve the poor.
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Understanding the GOP divide on Medicaid expansion
2015 research brief that looks at the Republican divide over Medicaid expansion, by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Theda Skocpol of Harvard University.
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