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UrduA new study in the Journal of the European Economic Association , published by Oxford University Press, finds that electoral districts with a larger gender pay gaps show favoritism toward male political candidates in Parliamentary elections, with fewer female candidates…
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Researchers clarify reasons for low rate of employment among people with disabilities
Understanding the diverse issues that prevent people with disabilities from seeking work is integral to developing effective and responsive interventions, according to new research from Kessler Foundation
Value-based approach: Lithuanian scientists provide insights into migration culture
The monograph migration culture: A comparative perspective offers a new, value-based approach towards migration
Diversification in supply chain crucial to avoid ‘food shock’ in cities
Diversification in the sourcing of food into cities can go a long way to tempering “food shock” — a sudden drop in food supply due to unforeseen events, according to a team of researchers from Penn State and Northern Arizona…
New book contends that local newspapers bear brunt of news media’s increasing elitism
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign journalism professor Nikki Usher examines the market failure of local newspapers in the context of larger U.S. problems such as rising social inequality, geographic polarization and political discord. In…
Not enough women and minorities apply for a job? Change the recruitment committee
UH study suggest practical steps to increase applicant pool diversity
nTIDE June 2021 Jobs Report: Job indicators close in on pre-pandemic employment levels
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) — issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire
Identifying hospitals with a high proportion of patients with social risk factors
What The Study Did: This study investigates whether different risk factors identify the same hospitals caring for a high proportion of disadvantaged patients using seven definitions of social risk. Authors: Susannah M. Bernheim, M.D., M.H.S., of the Yale University School…
Surprise bills for childbirth
What The Study Did: Researchers estimated the frequency and magnitude of surprise bills for deliveries and newborn hospitalizations, which are the leading reasons for hospitalization in the United States, to illustrate the potential benefits of federal legislation that will protect…
Forget cash! Credit is key to the survival of busking
Economists at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, economists found passers-by often donated more when paying via a digital platforms like apps, QR codes, PayPal and even Bitcoin, compared to the centuries’ old payment method of loose coins.
Bronze Age: how the market began
Knowing the weight of a commodity provides an objective way to value goods in the marketplace.
Forget cash! Credit is key to the survival of busking
Electronic and digital payments are the key for buskers and street performers to survive in a post-COVID world, new RMIT research reveals
Recent technology cost forecasts underestimate the pace of technological change
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Oxford, and University of Brescia/RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment carried out the first systematic analysis of the relative performance of probabilistic cost forecasts…
Don’t worry, the kids are cool if you cash in on their inheritance
Cash in on the kids’ inheritance and spend up big on the retirement plans – that’s the message coming from the University of South Australia as new research reveals that older people are keen to spend their well-earned savings, rather…
For women workers in India, direct deposit is ‘digital empowerment’
Giving women in India’s Madhya Pradesh state greater digital control over their wages encouraged them to enter the labor force and liberalized their beliefs about working women, concluded a new study co-authored by Yale economists Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer…
Small biotechs team up with big partners to manufacture drugs
Many of the most promising new molecules to treat diseases come from smaller biotechnology firms, which often lack resources to scale up production when it’s time for their drugs to go to large-scale clinical trials or the market. Now, a…
Study finds changes in wealth tied to changes in cardiovascular health
Longitudinal study of healthy adults finds upward or downward changes in wealth were associated with respective lower or higher levels of cardiovascular events
Study: Persistent socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic segregation in US safety-net hospitals
Expanded Medicaid did not lead to changes in the hospitals where patients with lower incomes received care and did not decrease racial and ethnic segregation
COVID-linked multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children diagnosed more in Black and Latino child
New study identifies key demographic, clinical and biomarker features of MIS-C patients
‘Lady luck’ – Does anthropomorphized luck drive risky financial behavior?
A new study published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research posits that increased accessibility to anthropomorphized luck (i.e., “lady luck”) can lead consumers to be more likely to pursue higher-risk financial behavior.
Natural hazards threaten 57% of US structures
Rising temperatures and risky development contribute to heightened exposure to earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and wildfire
After the pandemic: Economy, poverty and climate in the post-COVID-19 era
The COVID-19 pandemic had devastating impacts on economic activity in 2020, but how long will its impact persist, and what will be its long-term impact on the decarbonization of our societies? In an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Working Paper, a…
Pandemic planning: Government should embrace uncertainty rather than confront it or shy away from it
New research shows the UK’s COVID-19 management decisions were based on an outdated pandemic modelling structure and suggests a more resilient approach would have been more effective. In the initial months of the pandemic, regular updates using graphs showing how…
How should governments offer subsidies for clean-energy heating?
New study from Finland shows heat pump benefits don’t necessarily go to those who benefit most
Finding pathways for sustainable development in Africa
A new project funded under the Belmont Forum’s joint Collaborative Research Action on Pathways to Sustainability will develop novel tools and capacities to understand and manage interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and support sustainable development pathways for African…
Research suggests ways to tackle water security challenges in world’s drylands
The research – published ahead of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 17 June 2021 – examines recent and projected climate change impacts on water security across the world’s drylands up to the year 2100. It concludes that…
Financial distress similar, or greater, for patients with heart disease compared to cancer
Financial toxicity highest in patients with both cancer and heart disease
Over half of cardiovascular disease deaths worldwide occur in Asia
Paper urges identifying epidemiological features of CVD in Asian countries to combat epidemic
Analysis: Chile’s transition to democracy slow, incomplete, fueled by social movements
A new article analyzes Chile’s transition in 1990 from dictatorship to democracy, the nature of democracy between 1990 and 2019, and the appearance of several social movements geared to expanding this democracy. The article, by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University…
Das researching use of artificial intelligence
Sanmay Das, Professor, Computer Science, is conducting an exploratory study in the use of techniques from artificial intelligence (AI) to improve early screening and the delivery of targeted assistance to households that are at risk of future homelessness and child…
Free and nutritious school lunches help create richer and healthier adults
Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies. Health disparities arise early in life and play a…
Food home delivery companies need up to 8,000 daily services to be profitable in a big city
UOC researchers analyze the profitability and business model of food home delivery platforms such as Just Eat, Glovo and Deliveroo
Gaps to fill: Income, education may impact inequalities in seeking dental care
University of Tsukuba study finds urgent and substantial dental care have small regional inequalities in Japan, while periodontal care and outreach services are largest; income, education levels also may negatively affect dental care utilization
Consumers will pay more for ready-to-eat meals made with fewer ingredients
PULLMAN, Wash. – Most consumers care about the technology and the ingredients used to make their microwavable dinners and other shelf ready meals, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers. The study found that many consumers…
Association of Medicare Advantage star ratings with disparities in quality of care
What The Study Did: Researchers examined the associations between Medicare Advantage star ratings, which are created using data from all enrollees in a plan, and disparities in care for racial/ethnic minorities and enrollees with lower income and less education. Authors:…
When physics meets financial networks
A review highlights the role of the theory of Complex Networks in predicting crises
Research uncovers broadband gaps in US to help close digital divide
High-speed internet access has gone from an amenity to a necessity for working and learning from home, and the COVID-19 pandemic has more clearly revealed the disadvantages for American households that lack a broadband connection. To tackle this problem, Michigan…
As a decade of ecosystem restoration kicks off, don’t forget the people
Global ecosystem restoration efforts are often measured by billions of trees planted or square kilometers of land restored. But there is a critical void in the agenda: The social and political dimensions that make restoration a success
UTIA professor receives community development early career achievement award
Sreedhar Upendram recognized for significant advancement of community development in Tennessee
Laptops, cell phones, e-games defied slump as COVID-19 dented 2020’s electronics sales: UN
Foreseen drop in 2020 sales-related e-waste: 4.9 million metric tonnes or ~6.4%; Pandemic intensified digital divide between high, middle and low income countries
More ‘fairness’ needed in conservation
New research shows what is often assumed to be ‘fair’ in conservation practice may not be considered so by the very people most affected by it–and a new approach is needed if protected areas are to be effective. Lead author…
Culture shift needed to tackle climate crisis
Tackling the climate crisis will require embracing new ways of thinking and challenging dominant social and economic practices, a new book suggests. Experts from multiple fields argue that alternative approaches – beyond technological advances which do not challenge existing inequities…
‘Transportation is a form of freedom’: How to make it more equitable
The routes and schedules of public transit, the presence or absence of sidewalks, the availability of different transportation options, and the design of highways that divide cities–these are examples of aspects of transportation systems that can profoundly impact underserved communities’…
UMass Amherst researcher probes effects of ACOs on childhood asthma care
NIH awards $3 million grant for the five-year study
A link between childhood stress and early molars
University of Pennsylvania researchers discovered that children from lower-income backgrounds and those who go through greater adverse childhood experiences get their first permanent molars sooner
Report calls for ‘comprehensive action’ to tackle poverty in UK city
Rising unemployment, inadequate benefits and low paid work are the main causes of poverty and destitution in Stoke-on-Trent according to the findings of a new study. The research carried out by Staffordshire University and Citizens Advice Staffordshire North & Stoke-on-Trent,…
Jan Eeckhout explains his book “The Profit Paradox”
The work, which will be published by Princeton University Press on June 1, 2021, describes how a handful of companies have made the greatest gains brought about by technological advances and proposes solutions to revive the economy
Gap between death rates in rural and urban areas tripled during past two decades
Discrepancy driven primarily by an increase in death rates in middle-aged white people. Death rates among Black people remained highest overall, however, gap with those of white people halved
Most cities in São Paulo state have low potential capacity to adapt to climate change
Cities located in metropolitan areas of this Brazilian state score better according to an index that measures the existence of public policies designed to adjust critical sectors to the impacts of climate change
Peace accord in Colombia has increased deforestation of biologically-diverse rainforest
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Since the end of the long-running conflict in Colombia, large areas of forest have been rapidly converted to agricultural uses, suggesting the peace agreement presents a threat to conservation the country’s rainforest, a new study from Oregon…