A long-brewing crisis of housing instability in the U.S. threatens to mar the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic by undermining strategies such as social distancing, says a new working paper co-written by an ...
Economics & Business
Jun 11, 2020
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A majority of people in the U.S. want to continue physical distancing measures, even as the federal government and some state governors are pushing to reopen the economy, according to a new national survey led by researchers ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2020
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All emergency financial actions the federal government takes during the pandemic crisis should be temporary and targeted, said two Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy experts.
Economics & Business
Apr 3, 2020
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The federal flood buyout program disproportionally benefits at-risk homes in the whitest communities of America's largest cities, according to a study from sociologists at Rice University.
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2020
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The United States currently averages 20 mass shootings per year. Researchers from Michigan State University measured the extent to which mass shootings are committed by domestic violence perpetrators, suggesting how firearm ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2020
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Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have a thorough sense of the effectiveness of current employment retraining programs.
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2020
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Countries have long periods in which policies change little, and only by increments.
Environment
Jan 16, 2020
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New digital tools developed by Oregon State University will enable land managers to better adapt to the new reality of large wildfires through analytics that guide planning and suppression across jurisdictional boundaries ...
Environment
Jan 8, 2020
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New research from Rice University sociologists finds that flood victims are likely to resettle in flood-prone areas, so long as their new neighborhoods are whiter and wealthier than where they used to live.
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2019
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement "false and misleading."
Other
Aug 9, 2019
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