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Summer 2016
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Leonard Lopoo & Andrew London: Household Crowding Linked to Educational Attainment, Social Inequality
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Living in crowded housing-usually defined as more than one person per room-is a common experience in the United States, especially among the poor and near-poor, as well as children and adolescents. Although household crowding has declined since the 1970s, up to 16% of the total US population still lived in crowded housing between 2008 and 2010, with rates as high as 30% for poor families. Indeed, household crowding is often a response to unaffordable housing costs, which force families into more cramped living spaces. But what are the effects of growing up in a crowded household on a child's educational attainment and life outcomes?
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Jan Ondrich & Alex Falevich: Perceptions of Housing Wealth May Affect Retirement Decisions During Times of Recession
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Studies show that asset values of older workers affect their decision over when to retire, but how do retirement decisions change when asset values change, as in times of recession? CPR researchers Jan Ondrich and Alexander Falevich seek to answer this question in a recently-published study in Public Finance Review. Read more
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David Popp & Tian Tang: International Collaborations May Foster Technological Improvements in Wind Power
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In a recently published article in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, CPR researchers Tian Tang and David Popp examine the determinants of technological change in wind power in China. They use data on wind projects financed through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a project-based carbon trade mechanism that subsidizes the users of climate-friendly technologies and encourages knowledge sharing about new technologies. They take a learning perspective, studying the effects of different channels of learning-through Research & Development, from a firm's previous experience, from spillovers in industry-wide experience, and through network interaction between project developers and turbine manufacturers to determine the impact of these learning channels on improving wind projects. In particular, they measure cost reduction and productivity improvement of wind power in China.
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Rebecca Schewe: New Zealand's Organic Dairy Farmers Continue to Rely on Family Labor, Traditional Means of Production
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Recent scholarship has suggested that the pressures of large agribusiness have pushed organic farms towards 'conventionalization' - i.e., organic producers have increasingly begun to resemble large-scale, conventional farms. As a result, some have expressed concerns that organic farming now offers no more than a slight modification to conventional agriculture, and may reproduce the same social and environmental problems associated with conventional agriculture. Similarly, others theorize that organic farming has bifurcated into two models: corporate organic farming, which engages with global markets, and small-scale, local efforts that remain niche. Read more
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Amy Ellen Schwartz: Effects of Breakfast in the Classroom programs on obesity and academic performance in New York City
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The Federal School Breakfast Program (SBP) has subsidized breakfasts for needy children since 1966, but participation typically falls below that of its lunchtime counterpart. To increase participation in SBP, a number of school districts have adopted Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC), which offers free breakfast to students in the classroom at the start of the day, rather than providing it in the cafeteria before school. The intent is to reach students unable or unwilling to arrive early to school, and to reduce stigma associated with visiting the cafeteria before school for a subsidized meal. Read more
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Leonard Burman
(PAIA)
was a guest on the NPR radio program "On Point", where he discussed "The Candidates Tax Plan and You".
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CPR Research Affiliate,
Jennifer Karas
Montez
(Sociology) was interviewed by BBC for their article "What's Killing White American Women?" Read more
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Amy Ellen Schwartz (PAIA/Economics) discussed her research on childhood obesity in a syracuse.com article.
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