Research Analysis
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The Welfare Investment: How Child Sponsorship Is Tied to Future Education and Employment
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Children participating in an international sponsorship program are more likely to attain higher education and formal employment.
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Creating Self-Enforcing Democracy: Fraud, Protest, and the Role of International Observers
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The presence of international elections observers may discourage both election fraud and “sore loser” protests.
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Scaling Back Quantitative Easing: Domestic Recovery at a Foreign Cost
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Federal Reserve announcements about “tapering,” or reducing the level of quantitative easing, had significant negative impacts on financial asset prices in otherwise robust emerging market economies.
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Does a Wife Shortage in China Mean More Crime Too?
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The authors of a new study look at the excess of single men due to the marriage market and gender imbalance in China as a cause of an increase in crime.
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Raise the Roof: Comparing Cost Savings from Efficient Roof Upgrades
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers compare the 50-year net savings for white and “green” (vegetated) roofs, which are displacing conventional black roofs in the US building sector.
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It’s Getting Hot in Here, Now I’m a Climate Change Believer
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A series of studies demonstrates why people use trends in local weather and temperature, rather than statistically relevant global climate patterns, to construct their beliefs about climate change.
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Protecting Our Kids: Domestic Violence, Corporal Punishment, and Risk
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Parental attitudes toward domestic violence and corporal punishment directly inform whether children are at risk for physical or psychological violence.
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Medicare Advantage – An Advantage to Whom?
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Thanks to limited competition, additional Medicaid Advantage payments are captured by insurers and other third parties instead of being passed along to beneficiaries.
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Academic Stress in China: Coping with High Expectations in School Environments
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How do high school students cope with high expectations? A look at academic stress levels in China.
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Not for Rent: Factors Behind Racial Discrimination in the US Rental Market
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Researchers explore the role of prejudice in race-based rental discrimination.
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What’s Race Got to Do With It? The Relationship Between Race and Health Outcomes in Segregated Neighborhoods
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New research finds that race and ethnicity are important mechanisms through which neighborhood segregation affects self-rated health.