Research Analysis
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Price check: Smarter shopping in health care could reduce patient costs
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Prices for health care services are often a mystery to patients, but a new study suggests that being more upfront about prices beforehand could help reduce healthcare spending through smarter healthcare shopping.
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Social mobility remains stable in the US: Good or bad news?
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A new study measures intergenerational social mobility in the US, estimating the probability that a child born at a low rung of the income ladder can reach the top. The authors find that social mobility has remained stable in the US for the last 30 years.
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Dispelling the Myth: Why State Tax Breaks for Businesses Do Not Spur Economic Growth
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A decline in the corporate tax rate enforced through state policy is found by a new study to be immaterial to investment decisions for businesses and therefore a non-factor for spurring economic growth within a state.
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Buy One, Get One: Air Quality Co-Benefits of US Carbon Policies
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Co-benefits from improved air quality can offset some if not all of the near-term costs of carbon-reduction policies. If the US commits to buying a carbon policy, citizens will also get reduced air pollution and improved health for free.
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Culture and the Environment: How Cultural Values Influence Global Ecologic Practices
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Researchers explore whether links exist between global environmental performance and culture.
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Droning to Win: How the UAV Wars Began
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Computer scientists investigate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle vulnerability to third-party hacking, showing that commercial drone use is likely to be heavily regulated.
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Live Fast, Die Young, Defend Your Status: The Code of Retaliation
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A harsh childhood can lead to a life strategy that condones violence in response to status threats. An economic game shows that such a worldview is linked to heightened envy in unfair situations.
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Too Much or Not Enough? Rethinking School Breakfast Programs
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Research suggests that school breakfast programs may be falling short of the goal to provide universal access to a nutritional morning meal and may be contributing to unhealthy amounts of food intake.
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The Price of Non-Admission: Costs of Not Attending College
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New research suggests that college education is beneficial for marginal students, with strong effects on future earnings, particularly for men and high school students who received free lunch.
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Driving Innovation: Firm Diversity and the Startup Ecosystem
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Diversity of firm size is arguably a vital contributor to a region’s innovation.
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The New Development Bank: A Building Block of an Alternative World Order?
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Seen as an initiative to restructure international financial structures, the BRICS bank may not necessarily be a stepping stone to further security and strategic institutionalization.