Many people choose their spouse based on shared values and interests. But in China, another important, relatively unknown factor plays a role: hukou, and it may be contributing to growing socioeconomic disparity in the country's ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2017
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A school-based intervention that promotes warm and caring interactions between a teacher and child can reduce the child's stress in the classroom, a new study has found.
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2016
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The way people make decisions often seems irrational. One explanation for this behavior is that they seek evidence that confirms what they already believe, a phenomenon called 'confirmation bias'. But new research in open-access ...
Other
Nov 11, 2016
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School principals who set clear strategic objectives, encourage professional interaction among staff and promote professional development for teachers significantly raise student achievement levels according to a University ...
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2016
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Compulsory schooling laws instituted in the late 1800s and early 1900s caused more people in Northern states to marry people at their same education level and race, possibly contributing to economic inequality, according ...
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2015
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Discrimination by employers has meant that Muslim women are much more likely to be unemployed than white Christian women even when they have the same qualifications and language abilities, new research from the University ...
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2015
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Children of immigrants have less education and get lower level jobs than children of the majority population. That is the impression one gets when looking at broad-based statistics. But REMESO researcher Alireza Behtoui has ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2014
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Short birth spacing reduces the chances of African children to go to school. Mothers of shortly spaced children have less opportunity to work and their households generate less wealth. However, the good news is: access to ...
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2013
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Contrary to public perception, the number of children in immigrant families is not the primary reason more children are living in poverty, a Rutgers study has found, raising the question of whether federal policies affecting ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2013
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American teenagers love their smartphone apps, but many are avoiding them, due to fears about privacy and location tracking.
Software
Aug 22, 2013
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