News tagged with income dynamics

Study: Residential segregation still a problem in US

Despite increasing numbers of multiethnic neighborhoods in the United States, relatively few black or white families are actually moving into these types of communities, according to a new study in the June issue of the American So ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Study: growing up in bad neighborhoods has a devastating impact

Growing up in a poor neighborhood significantly reduces the chances that a child will graduate from high school, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Sociological Review. And, the longer a chil ...

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created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Couples are better able to cope with health shocks than singles: study

Marital status plays a significant role in how individuals cope economically with disability and health shocks, according to a working paper by University of British Columbia economists Giovanni Gallipoli and Laura Turner.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0