Technological change is currently driving fundamental changes to the world of work—with significant consequences for social inequality. Against this backdrop, the interdisciplinary research project "Digitalization, Automation ...
Economics & Business
Dec 18, 2023
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Child psychologists have long known that play is essential for children's cognitive development because it boosts their social, physical, and emotional skills. But beginning in the 21st century, specialists repeatedly sounded ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2023
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While it is common to see Amazon Prime vans circling the city of Seattle year-round, there might be even more deliveries than usual right now, thanks to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that rang in the holiday season.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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Although electric vehicle ownership is higher in wealthier neighborhoods than in disadvantaged ones, EVs improve air quality in all communities, a UCLA study found.
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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Wildfires pose an increasing threat to communities at the wildland-urban interface (WUI)—where dry, flammable vegetation borders backyards, often in remote locations. Despite the well-known danger, many communities at highest ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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Households in areas hit hardest by fuel poverty are not benefiting most from the government's flagship energy support scheme, a damning report has found.
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2023
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Recent U.S. wildfire events—including the 2023 Maui wildfire in Hawaii, the 2022 Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire in New Mexico, and the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire in Colorado—are tragic examples of how disadvantaged communities ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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With a severe shortage of affordable housing in the United States, renters living along the East and Gulf coasts are uniquely vulnerable to hurricane disasters. Two new studies based on data from 2009 to 2018 show that renters ...
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2023
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Many working people in Europe are at risk of economic hardship, prompting EU researchers to seek policy answers.
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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New research by School of Economics Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde combines multidimensional inequality measurements to better understand the disparity in the United States.
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2023
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