Some of the worst hit families experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic found that Government financial intervention didn't effectively address the issue, new research has found.
Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2021
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Payment defaults are also more frequent among families with children and the recently divorced and their accumulation is common especially among young people and those with credit card and installment payment debt, according ...
Economics & Business
May 13, 2021
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Larger bumblebees are more likely to go out foraging in the low light of dawn, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2021
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The burden of student loans in the U.S. continues to grow unabatedly, currently accounting for a total of $1.7 trillion in household debt among nearly 45 million borrowers. "The introduction of income-based repayment over ...
Economics & Business
Apr 29, 2021
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Giving councils in England a greater say over how benefits are allocated has led to substantial cuts and a patchwork of welfare support, research finds.
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2021
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The concept is simple and seductive: Give people cash, lift them out of poverty. It's a strategy increasingly being used in both lower- and higher-income countries to help poor people.
Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2021
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Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify—argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia.
Economics & Business
Mar 3, 2021
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The widespread use of cashless payments including credit cards, debit cards, and mobile apps has made transactions more convenient for consumers. However, results from previous research have shown that such cashless payments ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2021
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Australians receiving unemployment payments are often negatively portrayed as a relatively small group of people with personal or behavioural problems that stop them from getting a job.
Economics & Business
Dec 15, 2020
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A unique study has analyzed in detail how EU agricultural subsidies flow down to the local level. The new data show that most income support payments go to intensively farmed regions already above median EU income, while ...
Economics & Business
Aug 21, 2020
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