Socioeconomics

CABI scientists have revealed the massive ecological and economic impacts that the invasive alien tree Prosopis juliflora has had across the Afar region of north eastern EthiopiaCredit: CABI CABI scientists have revealed the massive…

By 2050, health spending in US expected to exceed $15,000 per person; Somalia, the lowest at $19; In 2016, health spending in high-income countries was 130 times more per person than in low-income countries SEATTLE - One in six countries…

April 24, 2019 -- A paper by Columbia Mailman School's John Rowe, MD, Julius Richmond Professor of Health Policy and Aging, in the journal Health Affairs outlines the challenges we face as the U.S. becomes an "aging society." This…

Credit: University of Sussex. Companies with fewer levels of management such as legal, accountancy and investment banking firms could be up to five times more susceptible to corruption than similar sized organisations with a taller…

A new paper in the European Sociological Review indicates that women's and men's earnings are not affected by the share of female managers in an organization, nor by the sex of workers' individual managers. The past decades have seen a…

The narratives we tell about the past often feature a cast of familiar main characters: kings and rulers, warriors and diplomats -- men who made laws and fought wars, who held power over others in their own lands and beyond. When women…

UMass Amherst biostatistician designed study that describes national sex ratio imbalancesCredit: UMass Amherst An international team of researchers, led by UMass Amherst biostatistician Leontine Alkema and her former Ph.D. student…

Involuntary staying, a type of housing trap, is a common experience among people living on housing estates, since around 1 in 3 residents feel that they are trapped in their current residential arrangements Involuntary staying, a type of…

Child welfare study examines challenges among therapists in contracted private agenciesCredit: Florida Atlantic University More than 1.2 million children in the United States receive services because they are mistreated and about…

Rutgers-led study may lead to improved breeding of corn and other cropsCredit: Hugo Dooner/Waksman Institute of Microbiology Pollen genes mutate naturally in only some strains of corn, according to Rutgers-led research that helps…