Neighborhood Effects: The Influence on School Closures and Openings

April 28th, 2014 - Katie Anthony

New study finds that closing urban public schools can lead to educational alternatives that increase segregation. More »

Take Your Pills! Improving Medication Adherence through Value-Based Insurance Design Plans

April 23rd, 2014 - Brian O'Connor

Researchers examine characteristics associated with improved medication adherence in Value-Based Insurance Design plans that aim to improve patient health while reducing treatment cost. More »

Do Employers Care About Potential Employees’ Long-term Unemployment Spells?

April 21st, 2014 - Scarlett Swerdlow

Long-term unemployment spells do not influence employers’ hiring decisions according to new research in the American Economic Review. More »

Movers and Stayers – Residential Mobility as a Measure of Family Well-Being

April 17th, 2014 - Michael Deheeger

Political scientist Robin Phinney explores why some low-income families decide to move while others do not. More »

Ending Poverty? Modern Slums and Stagnation in Government Action

April 16th, 2014 - Chasse Rehwinkel

Researchers find that the mechanisms behind past slum development success stories do not adequately translate to fixing slums in the modern developing world. More »

Growing Pains: The Link Between Increasing Wage Inequality and City Size

April 15th, 2014 - Corey Chan

Researchers establish a possible connection between rising wage inequality and city size. More »

The Role of City Planners in Building Family-Friendly Communities

April 14th, 2014 - Nazihah Siddiqui

A new study examines the attitudes of planners towards family-friendly communities and finds several factors are critical to the creation of urban environments that are more conducive to child welfare and development. More »

Behind Public Opinion: What Makes Hydraulic Fracturing Controversial

April 11th, 2014 - Mattie Prodanovic

Understanding individual perceptions can help explain public opinion polls about hydraulic fracturing. More »

Developing Efficiency: Why energy efficiency gains in China may not be fully realized

April 10th, 2014 - Greg Ellingson

The rebound effect, which measures the increased demand for energy from increasing energy efficiency, is found to be strong in Chinese urban residential electricity use. More »

Conditional Demand Analysis: A cheap and effective approach to modeling residential energy usage

April 9th, 2014 - Greg Gillette

The statistical technique of conditional demand analysis allows Canadian researchers to cheaply estimate residential appliance savings and help policymakers structure behavioral and technological conservation programs. More »

The Billion Dollar Question: Are Counter-Terrorism Efforts Effective?

April 8th, 2014 - Natalya Wallin

A review of counter-terrorism evaluation research raises critical questions about lack of evidence for costly programs and strategies. More »

Collaboration and Competition in Counterterrorism

April 8th, 2014 - David Helfand

Nations that claim to cooperate on counterterrorism may in fact be competing for safety. More »

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