As part of the Human Capital Initiative Speaker Series for Spring 2021, Dr. Erez Yoeli, Research Scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, will present on findings from research conducted in Kenya on promoting tuberculosis treatment completion. STARTS: 4:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 12, 2020 ENDS: 5:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 12, 2020 […]
The 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is currently taking place from March 15-26, 2021. Established in 1946, the CSW is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. During the Commission’s annual two-week session, representatives of UN Member States, […]
As part of the Human Capital Initiative Speaker Series for Spring 2021, Dr. Adam Auerbach will present on local governance and urban politics in India. Dr. Auerbach is an Assistant Professor at American University. STARTS: 4:00 PM EST on Wednesday, March 24, 2020 ENDS: 5:00 PM EST on Wednesday, March 24, 2020 LOCATION: Via Zoom […]
2020 was a year of widening inequality around the world. The World Economic Outlook Update published by the International Monetary Fund in January 2021 estimated the global economy contraction at -3.5 percent in 2020. The decade-long gains in eradicating global poverty were reversed, with about 100 million people estimated to be pushed back into extreme […]
The past five decades have seen a remarkable convergence in the economic roles of men and women in society. Yet, persistently large gender gaps in terms of labor supply, earnings and representation in top jobs remain. Moreover, in countries like the US, convergence in labor market outcomes appears to have slowed in recent decades. Could […]
Worldwide, social networks play an important role in the lives of individuals, influencing everything from the knowledge people acquire to the goods and services they utilize. However, not everyone experiences equal opportunity to gain from social connections. In traditional patriarchal societies, women may have limited ability to access and benefit from existing networks due to […]
Many datasets involving human subjects contain sensitive information and require the protection of subject confidentiality. The protection of subject confidentiality can, however, limit access to the data, which in turn may limit the scope for valuable research. A common approach to addressing this issue is to create public use datasets that mask, or perturb, information […]
Considerable polling has been conducted to better understand public opinion around the US government’s role in providing access to healthcare. Findings from these polls indicate much of the public consistently supports the idea that the federal government has a responsibility to ensure access to care. In response, policymakers have recently proposed plans that would extend […]
Birth spacing, or the length of time women wait after giving birth before becoming pregnant again, has important implications for both maternal and child health. In particular, birth intervals markedly shorter or longer than the recommended minimum of three years are associated with increased risk of maternal and child mortality and morbidity. Most of the […]
On December 12, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution urging governments to ensure population access to quality healthcare. While the path countries have taken to financing universal access to healthcare has varied, a particularly important aspect of reform has been government efforts to make access to healthcare available to the poor, including […]