Poverty

Aporophobia: Why People Reject The Poor
Insights
May 15, 2023

Aporophobia: Why People Reject The Poor

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Rebecca Blank, 1955-2023: Economist Devoted To Academia And Public Service
Infrastructure
March 9, 2023

Rebecca Blank, 1955-2023: Economist Devoted To Academia And Public Service

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Measuring Multidimensional Precarious Employment of Women: A View From Spain
Business and Management INK
February 23, 2023

Measuring Multidimensional Precarious Employment of Women: A View From Spain

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Social Science Space 2017 Round Up
News
January 10, 2018

Social Science Space 2017 Round Up

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Sabina Alkire on Measuring Poverty

Sabina Alkire on Measuring Poverty

Economist Sabina Alkire has spent her career looking at all the things beyond just a lack of money that make us poor. In this Social Science Bites podcast, the director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative explains the need for a consistent and reputable means of measuring poverty over time.

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Overcoming the Politics and Economics of Social and Economic Fragmentation in the Name of Kids

Overcoming the Politics and Economics of Social and Economic Fragmentation in the Name of Kids

The Social Security Administration has shown its ability to cut monthly checks for elderly, survivors and disabled. So why not for kids via their parents?

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Stories of Research to Reality: Michael Reisch

Stories of Research to Reality: Michael Reisch

Historian and social justice professor Michael Reisch used the example of the case of Freddie Gray in his own home of Baltimore to show how much social science could add to examinations of poverty.

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Public Finance Review’s Special Issue: Analyzing the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers in Latin America

Public Finance Review’s Special Issue: Analyzing the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers in Latin America

While Latin America is taking in more tax revenue cumulatively than it did twenty years ago, the International Business Times reported in […]

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Poverty Action Lab and Its Leaders Honored by SSRC

Poverty Action Lab and Its Leaders Honored by SSRC

Two economists battling world poverty and the institution they helped create have received the highest honor offered by the Social Science Research […]

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Eradicating Acute Poverty via UN Human Rights Machinery

Eradicating Acute Poverty via UN Human Rights Machinery

How do we continue to move towards a human rights culture?

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The War We Are (Regrettably) Not Fighting

The War We Are (Regrettably) Not Fighting

The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences recognizes William Julius Wilson for his work on race, stratification, and disadvantage in the U.S.

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Property Crime, Violence and Recession

Property Crime, Violence and Recession

There is no inevitability in the rise in homicide, domestic and acquaintance violence in the coming year. Sadly, though, it would be more surprising if they did not increase than if they did.

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