According to the authors, investments in deprived areas could improve fertility. According to a recent Oregon State University study, residents of socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods are…
A new study identifies “socially vulnerable” people who are not prepared. Which Americans are least likely to be ready to respond when confronted with calamities…
Using Ecuador as a case study, economists show international trade widens the income gap in individual countries. International trade intensifies domestic income inequality, at least…
Breastfeeding duration is linked with improved cognitive scores at ages 5 through 14, even after controlling for socioeconomic position and maternal cognitive ability, according to…
In an effort to reduce disparities, the University of Chicago Data Science Institute launches a data portal to guide research, policy, and community action. The…
Despite successes in reducing poverty globally in the last two decades, almost one billion people still live without access to reliable and affordable electricity, which…
Patients from more socially vulnerable areas were sicker when they got to hospitals, but did just as well by the time they left – suggesting…
Findings suggested new approach needed to aid the unemployed. More than half of unemployed American men in their 30s have a history of being arrested…
Large-scale study finds that eating vegetables does not protect against cardiovascular disease. Previous positive studies may not have sufficiently corrected for confounding socioeconomic and lifestyle…
Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the United States by 2050 – and disadvantaged…
MIT field experiment from India finds a one-time economic boost helps the very poor fare better for at least a decade. A field experiment in…
People with lower incomes and who experienced multiple COVID-related stressors were more likely to feel the toll of the pandemic, as the socioeconomic inequities in…
Athletic talent isn’t all that is needed to succeed, study finds. It takes more than athletic talent to play varsity sports in college, at least…
Figures correspond to nearly 7% more than expected, show World Bank economist estimates. An extra 267,000 infants will likely have died in 2020 in low…
Researchers break down social factors behind differing black, white COVID-19 vaccination rates. Income, educational attainment, and political ideology all play into racial disparities in vaccination…
The psychological toll of losing a job due to COVID-19 caused many young hotel and restaurant workers to consider changing careers, according to a Washington…
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factors. An estimated 43 percent of the variability in U.S. COVID-19 mortality is linked with…
A city’s street names can provide a glimpse into its cultural value system and a way to quantify cultural indicators, according to a study published…
