Academic Stress in China: Coping with High Expectations in School Environments

May 30th, 2014 - Louise Geraghty

How do high school students cope with high expectations? A look at academic stress levels in China. More »

Not for Rent: Factors Behind Racial Discrimination in the US Rental Market

May 29th, 2014 - Corey Chan

Researchers explore the role of prejudice in race-based rental discrimination. More »

What’s Race Got to Do With It? The Relationship Between Race and Health Outcomes in Segregated Neighborhoods

May 28th, 2014 - Nazihah Siddiqui

New research finds that race and ethnicity are important mechanisms through which neighborhood segregation affects self-rated health. More »

The Cost of Wind Energy: Tradeoffs between Energy Storage and Transmission

May 27th, 2014 - Yu Xu

New research finds that transmission costs must be at least $600/MW-km and energy storage must cost at most $100/kW h in order for wind energy storage to be economical. More »

No Gains From Good Governance?: Why Foreign Companies Opt Out of Strict Regulatory Practices

May 26th, 2014 - Laura Bowen

Foreign companies that cross-list on US stock exchanges can make substantial financial gains from adopting US corporate governance practices yet firms overwhelmingly choose to opt out, suggesting substantial private opportunity costs from stricter regulations. More »

Why it’s time to raise the wage: An interview with State Rep. Christian Mitchell

May 23rd, 2014 - Scarlett Swerdlow

Christian Mitchell is the State Representative for Illinois’ 26th district. He is one of the chief co-sponsors of House Bill 3718, which would raise the minimum wage in Illinois to $10.65 by 2016. Christian graduated from the University of Chicago with a bache... More »

Minimum Wage Increases: The Unintended Consequences

May 22nd, 2014 - Boris Angelov

Increases in minimum wages appear to help some poor families escape poverty while having the perverse effect of dragging other families below the poverty line. More »

Minimum Wage: The Nobel Thing to Do

May 21st, 2014 - Tamkinat Rauf

Despite the widely held view that minimum wages generate unemployment, some Nobel-winning economists have argued that labor markets are more complex than predicted by economic theory. More »

Do you want a higher minimum wage with that?

May 20th, 2014 - Benjamin Stone

This classic study of fast food restaurants challenged economic orthodoxy on the minimum wage. More »

Policy Radio | Feeding America’s Sophie Milam on Food Insecurity in America

May 19th, 2014 - Anne Knapke

Sophie Milam with Feeding America discusses the current state of food insecurity in the United States and the impact of new farm bill legislation on food assistance programs. More »

Does America deserve a raise? Everything you need to know about the minimum wage.

May 19th, 2014 - Scarlett Swerdlow

The story of the minimum wage in six graphs. This is the first installment of our weeklong series on the minimum wage. More »

The Real Green Movement?: Taxation’s Impact on Fracking

May 16th, 2014 - Chasse Rehwinkel

New research looks at local governments’ willingness to ban hydraulic fracturing based on their potential revenue. More »

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