Research
Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age
Why, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?
Reply to Gao et al: Racial Composition Does Not Explain Increasing Class Gaps in Obesity
Our recent paper (1) shows that, since 2002, obesity prevalence has declined among higher socio-economic status (SES) youth but continued to increase among lower SES youth. Gao et al.
Mind the Gap: Compositional, Cultural and Institutional Explanations for Numeracy Skills Disparities Between Adult Immigrants and Natives in Western Countries
This paper empirically tests diverse theoretical explanations for observed skills disparities between adult immigrants and non-immigrants.
Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges
This publication serves as a companion to a publication jointly produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and WIEGO titled Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, 2
Elements of a 21st Century Movement for Excellence with Equity
This article asserts the necessity of a twenty-first century movement for achieving excellence with equity.
More Than Just Race, Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
The book is a compilation of the best and still-most-relevant articles published in Poverty & Race, the bimonthly of The Poverty & Race Research Action Council from 2006 to the present.
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers
Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from within or around their own homes: stitching garments and weaving textiles; producing craft products; processing and preparing food item
De Quel Ghetto The Wire Parle-t-elle?
Créée par un ancien journaliste du Baltimore Sun, David Simon, et un ancien policier, Ed Burns, et scénarisée par des grands noms du roman noir américain, la série américaine The Wire est devenue cu
Increasing Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Obesity
Recent reports suggest that the rapid growth in youth obesity seen in the 1980s and 1990s has plateaued.
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