The first national survey to focus on how the "Great Recession" has affected marriage in the United States, sponsored by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, finds both good and bad news.
Why in the United States are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? A new study shows that our larger cities are responsible for up to one-third of the growth in the wage gap. And it’s the soaring salaries of many urban dwellers that is causing the mega income gap in megacities.
When average Americans are presented the federal budget in some detail, most can cut the deficit dramatically and solve the Social Security shortfall. "Given information and a chance to sort through their options, most Americans do better than most politicians," says UMD Senior Research Scholar Steven Kull. Try the exercise yourself online.
Conspicuous consumption is alive and well—according to USC Marshall School of Business study
The first assessment of the total cost of dengue illness in the Americas reveals the economic burden to be approximately $2.1 billion per year, exceeding that from other viral illnesses including human papillomavirus (HPV) and rotavirus. Results of the study conducted by Brandeis University were released in the February issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Super Bowl advertisers are increasingly turning to social media to enlarge their audiences.
A team of applied economists suggests a new approach to monitoring the relationship between nutrition and child mortality in developing countries. Based on their analysis of health surveys from 130 countries, change in the numbers of mildly underweight children can serve as a better indicator of underlying public health threats than standard measures.
A University of New Hampshire expert who researches accountability is available to discuss the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report on the 2008 financial crisis, which will be released Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011.
New research from the University of New Hampshire suggests that China should establish a unified supervisory agency, similar to what is used in Singapore, to oversee its complex financial sector.
Jonathan Adler, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve School of Law, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial, and Administrative Law regarding proposed legislation to assert greater legislative control over regulatory policy.
A just-published paper explores gambling history in Hawaii and Utah and points out that while those states may not currently have any form of legalized gambling, that wasn't always the case.
Mount Holyoke professor John Fox is a tax policy expert who practiced tax law in Washington D.C. for many years, and was featured in the recent documentary, "An Inconvenient Tax," on the income tax.
American University researchers unveil new theory behind the 30 year explosion in obesity.
Due to budget problems, the City of Camden, N.J., has just laid off numerous police and fire personnel. It's not the only community facing a financial crisis. Dr. Robert Fleming, a nationally recognized authority on fire and emergency services and the author of Effective Fire and Emergency Services Administration, discusses stakeholder expectations.
Two Kansas State University professors developed a model predicting which countries will likely experience an escalation in domestic political violence against their governments within the next five years. The model is currently five for five, most recently predicting Tunisia.
Please note that the following USC experts are available to provide context for stories about President Hu and the US-China trade relationship.
Men are more likely than women to seek jobs in which competition with coworkers affects pay rates, a preference that might help explain persistent pay differences between men and women. But in cities where local wages are generally lower, women tend to want jobs in which competition determines wages, the study showed.
International outsourcing has come to the legal profession. In what may be the most comprehensive article written thus far on the increasingly hot-button topic of offshore legal process outsourcing (LPO), Associate Law Professor Cassandra Burke Robertson concludes that the LPO trend is revolutionizing the way in which law is practiced in the West.
The impact of iPhone 4 release by Verizon on the competitive landscape boils down to one word: performance. That is, the performance of iPhone 4 on Verizon's CDMA wireless communications network.
New national child abuse statistics for 2009 show additional declines in sexual abuse, a small increase of child maltreatment fatalities, and flat rates for physical abuse and neglect, according to an analysis of federal child maltreatment data by the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.
Maryland’s smart growth program made barely discernible progress in the past decade concludes a new report from the University of Maryland's National Center for Smart Growth. "The state made a significant effort to encourage development in designated areas, but the smart growth tools in place are apparently inadequate,” says researcher Gerrit Knaap.
A new report by an independent economic impact firm shows North Dakota State University's Research & Technology Park helps create jobs and generate revenue for local and state governments. The number of jobs in the Park jumped more than 74 percent over the past five years.
While the nation’s foreclosure crisis has focused blame on bad loan practices by some lenders, new research shows how some banks may have actually reduced the default risk of their homebuyers.
Plan your exit before you enter a new business market may sound like strange advice, but it comes from an expert in entrepreneurship with experience to prove it. Olin Business School professor Clifford Holekamp shares his expertise in the December issue of Octane, the award winning magazine of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.
Diane Swanson, a professor of management and the chair of the business ethics education initiative at Kansas State University, is considered one of the foremost experts in the field of corporate ethics.
In the 30th edition of “Educated Guesses,” The University of Alabama’s Office of Media Relations offers predictions from faculty experts for the coming year. This year, our faculty experts predict that Iran will cut a deal to stop developing nuclear weapons, health threats to Americans could include dengue and chikungunya fever, Baby Boomers will fight for Social Security as they turn 65 and much more.
Michael Honey, a history professor at University of Washington Tacoma, collected, edited and wrote introductions for 16 of King's speeches on economic justice.
John D. Graham, a dean at Indiana University and an official in the Bush administration, says the Obama-GOP tax-cut deal is "remarkably creative and practical," especially given the polarized state of the two-party politics.
Cheryl Block, JD, federal budget and tax expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, weighs in on tax cut extensions. “Finger pointing aside, both parties have been at the helm at various times since 2001,” Block says, “both standing watch over the growing imbalance between revenues and spending and both aware of threats to the nation’s future fiscal health in light of the aging population, escalating health care costs, and growing government commitments under entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicaid.”
The unemployed may be more resilient than previously believed – the vast majority eventually end up as satisfied with life as they were before they lost their jobs.
Researchers at the Center for Professional Excellence (CPE) at York College of Pennsylvania continue to find that students aren’t making the grade as professionals in the workplace, according to the annual nationwide survey on the state of professionalism among young workers.
The Task Force on American Innovation commends the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform for recommending that the nation make predictable and sustained federal investments in research and education a high priority, even as it takes needed action to reduce federal budget deficits.
Research economists release their economic forecast for 2011 at the 30th annual Economic Outlook Conference at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Zoltan Acs, chief economist for the U.S. Small Business Association, addresses the role of small business to the nation's recovery.
Buying goods on sale this holiday season? At what cost? “When a brand goes on sale, it gives away part of the profit margin needed to invest in future innovation and quality,” says Sheri Bridges, associate professor of business at Wake Forest University—affecting consumer satisfaction in the long run.
Published study in the Journal of Applied Psychology dispels myth that overqualified job applicants are easily bored or prone to quit. Findings show intelligent workers in less demanding jobs benefit companies.
Mirroring an approach that Indiana has taken to the life sciences industry, the state's economic development efforts could capitalize on existing clusters of wind energy and automotive-related companies to foster a more sustainable and profitable business environment. That's the lead finding by a panel of second-year MBA students at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, who were asked to participate in a competitive project for the INdiana Sustainability Alliance (INSA).
Nearly half of all Americans between the ages of 60 and 90 will encounter at least one year of poverty or near poverty, says a recent study by Mark R. Rank, PhD, professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. The findings are published in the current issue of Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services.
When he took his behavioral economics research out of the lab and into the world of Internet domainers and pornographers, UC Berkeley professor John Morgan found that business professionals in industries typically considered “shady” are better collaborators and more “trusting, trustworthy, and altruistic” than college students whom he tested in a lab setting.
Depression-era bank suspensions have had a lasting harmful effect on the hardest-hit communities, affecting suicide rates and disheartening residents decades down the road, a new University of Iowa study suggests.
Texas Tech University professor Robert Ricketts, Frank M. Burke Chair in Taxation in the Rawls College of Business, says that taxes do not discourage job creation or investment in the economy, and that tax cuts do not increase revenues.
The kind of stock market “flash crash” that happened on May 26, 2010 is now predictable – and possibly preventable – thanks to a new formula developed by two Cornell professors and an investment expert.
The well-reported arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh – called the “largest mass poisoning of a population in history” by the World Health Organization and known to be responsible for a host of slow-developing diseases – has now been shown to have an immediate and toxic effect on the struggling nation’s economy.
Portugal will be the next European Union country to face bankruptcy in the wake of rising EU interest rates, and the recent bailout of Ireland will not be enough to calm instability in the region’s financial sector, according to Nikolaos Zahariadis, Ph.D., a professor of government in the University of Alabama at Birmingham, College of Arts and Sciences.
American University's Mary Hansen helped pass a subsidy extension for adopted children that matches the level for foster children in Washington, D.C.
Mount Holyoke College's Waquar Ahmed has co-edited a new book that challenges conventional interpretations of India’s economic growth in the last two decades.
With the country climbing out of recession, two Saint Joseph’s University professors are beginning a study to examine what it has left behind in its aftermath.
Some economic forecasts have projected modest holiday sales increases this year as the U.S. economy shows signs of recovery. But Iowa State University economist Liesl Eathington says attention on holiday retail sales misses the big economic point.
The National Retail Federation's recent holiday survey of consumers suggests that it might be a slightly better year for retailers, despite the sluggish economy. And two Iowa State University experts provide an overview on what to expect in stores and online, and how to shop within your budget this holiday season.
DeAngelo, recently appointed as an assistant professor of economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is one of a new breed of economists who want to apply advances in neuroscience, cognitive science and psychology to the time-honored models of the discipline, which largely work on an assumption of man as a rational decision maker.
Technology transfer (T2) agreements within the U.S. armed services can have significant benefits in the civilian sector, especially for small, entrepreneurial start-up companies that often are the backbone for innovation and economic growth.
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