In the half century since the birth of the women's movement in the West in the 1960s, support for gender equality has spread around the globe—but in uneven ways. A multinational study by University of California, Davis, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2018
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Conditional cash transfers are popular programs used to reduce poverty by making social assistance conditional for recipients, often requiring school attendance and participation in health services. Since the late 1990s, ...
Economics & Business
Aug 2, 2018
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For many measures of gender inequality, women rapidly made up ground in the latter half of the 20th century, but progress has since slowed or stalled entirely, according to a report released March 16 by the Stanford Center ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2018
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Google's firing of an engineer over his controversial memo criticizing its diversity policies and "politically correct monoculture" didn't violate U.S. labor law, a federal agency lawyer concluded.
Business
Feb 19, 2018
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Companies like Apple and Walt Disney as well as Walmart's philanthropic foundation are investors in a $23 million venture fund aiming to use tools like artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to improve global labor ...
Business
Jan 30, 2018
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For years, academics have debated if relaxing labor and environmental standards attracts or repels international business. Now a new study finds that manufacturers that adhere to basic labor and environmental standards saw ...
Business
Jan 29, 2018
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The birthrate in China fell last year despite the country easing its family planning policies and allowing all couples to have two children, a result parents say of the stresses of urban life.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2018
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For the second time in three months, Apple is facing questions about working conditions at its Chinese suppliers.
Business
Jan 19, 2018
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Many consumers have found a way to cope with the knowledge that products they like have been made unethically: They simply forget they ever knew it.
Economics & Business
Jan 9, 2018
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Martin Schneider often got things done faster than a female colleague, Nicole Hallberg, who worked at the same small employment services agency. He figured this was because of his extra experience.
Social Sciences
Jan 3, 2018
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