Information on "Social Research " and "Americas"
February 2013
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28 Feb 2013
Southwest Border Violence
Author: Kristin M Finklea
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS)
This report focuses on how policy makers would identify any spillover of drug trafficking-related violence into the US. More on «Southwest Border Violence»
January 2013
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Jan 2013
State Union Membership 2012
Author: John Schmitt, Janelle Jones, Milla Sanes
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
On 23 January 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in 2012. More on «State Union Membership 2012» -
Jan 2013
Raising the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap: How Many Workers Would Pay More?
Author: Nicole Woo, Janelle Jones, John Schmitt
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
This report looks at the effect of raising the maximum amount of annual earnings subject to the Social Security Tax (the payroll tax cap). More on «Raising the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap: How Many Workers Would Pay More? »
August 2011
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Aug 2011
Scholars Who Became Practitioners
Author: Nora Lustig
Publisher: Center for Global Development (CGD)
Celebrated by academics, multilateral organizations, policymakers and the media, Mexico’s Progresa/Oportunidades conditional cash transfers program (CCT) is constantly used as a model of a successful antipoverty program. More on «Scholars Who Became Practitioners»
July 2011
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Jul 2011
Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers
Author: Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, Nicole Woo, Lucia Lin, Kent Wong
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
In this report, the authors provide a statistical overview of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) workforce in the US and find that AAPI workers are highly diverse, and face many challenges in the labor market. More on «Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers»
February 2011
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Feb 2011
The Dynamics of Adverse Incorporation in Global Production Networks
Author: Nicola Phillips, Leonardo Sakamoto
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
Participation in increasingly complex global production networks can generate new employment opportunities, new sources of income and better working conditions for vulnerable workers and poor households. More on «The Dynamics of Adverse Incorporation in Global Production Networks»
December 2010
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Dec 2010
Vulnerability to Poverty in Latin America
Author: Marcelo Bérgolo, Guillermo Cruces, Leonardo Gasparini, Andrés Ham
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
This paper presents a discussion of vulnerability estimates – defined as the risk of being poor in the future – in Latin American countries from both a conceptual and an empirical perspective, based on recent developments in the distributive literatu... More on «Vulnerability to Poverty in Latin America»
October 2010
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Oct 2010
Towards a Typology of Wartime Rape
Author: Elvan Isikozlu, Ananda S Millard
Publisher: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
This brief presents the progress to date in developing a typology of wartime rape as a first step toward understanding the different consequences of this form of violence in war. More on «Towards a Typology of Wartime Rape»
April 2010
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14 Apr 2010
Long-Term Unemployment and Recessions
Author: Gerald Mayer, Linda Levine
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS)
This report analyzes the trend in long-term unemployment in the US over the postwar period and compares the individual, job, and household characteristics of the long-term unemployed during the latest recession (2007-2009) with the long-term unemploy... More on «Long-Term Unemployment and Recessions»
February 2010
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Feb 2010
The Political and Social Economy of Care in Nicaragua
Author: Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Carmen Largaespada-Fredersdorff, Karim Ulloa, Koen Voorend
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
In characterizing the care regime and reconstructing the care diamond in Nicaragua, this paper first presents the general features of the Nicaraguan social policy regime, including changes in social spending, based on existing data sources. More on «The Political and Social Economy of Care in Nicaragua»
