Are the rich more selfish than the rest of us?
Social scientists have long known that the rich are not exactly model citizens.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2017
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Cash transfers, childhood development and the labor market
Nearly every country in Latin America has a conditional cash transfer program. Poor households living below the poverty line can receive government subsidies if they agree to the program's stipulations, usually a mandate ...
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2016
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Economists reveal factors that help poor people lift themselves out of poverty
What factors contribute to poor people in developing countries lifting themselves out of poverty?
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2010
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'If only they made better life choices.' How simplistic explanations of poverty and food insecurity miss the mark
The way we perceive poverty, hunger and household food insecurity is shaped by media, government policy, public relations, advertising and personal experience. But one persistent strand is the notion that poverty and food ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2022
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Cash transfers more effective than workforce training in improving lives of Rwandans
In the head-to-head comparison of a workforce-training program and direct cash transfers for Rwandans, cash proves superior in improving economic outcomes of unemployed youths, while training outperforms cash only in the ...
Economics & Business
Jul 27, 2022
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How racism and classism affect natural ecosystems
Structural racism and classism could profoundly affect the existence of flora and fauna in our cities, according to a recent landmark publication in the academic journal Science.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2020
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Bold steps are needed toward a 'new normal' that allocates water fairly in South Africa
Discussions of the water crisis that has hit Cape Town tend to focus on supply and demand. In other words, a severe and unusual drought has created a situation in which there is not enough water (supply) to meet people's ...
Environment
Mar 6, 2018
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Livestock donations to Zambian households yield higher income, improved diet
Some humanitarian organizations facilitate livestock donations to poor households in developing countries, but does giving a cow, a pair of oxen, or a herd of goats to a poor household really benefit the recipients? A recent ...
Environment
Feb 16, 2016
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Scottish poverty study calls on governments to tackle rising deprivation
The percentage of households falling below society's minimum standard of living has increased from 14 per cent to 33 per cent over the last 30 years, despite the size of the economy doubling. This is one of the stark findings ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2014
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Poorest miss out on benefits, experience more material hardship, since 1996 welfare reform
Although the federal government's 1996 reform of welfare brought some improvements for the nation's poor, it also may have made extremely poor Americans worse off, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2012
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