Education in the U.S.: The Great Equalizer?
(2014) Changes in racial/ethnic composition, immigration, family composition, and age structure are linked to rising income inequality but they are not the primary or root causes.
(2014) Changes in racial/ethnic composition, immigration, family composition, and age structure are linked to rising income inequality but they are not the primary or root causes.
(2007) States increasingly consider science and technology resources to be an asset in developing a strong economic advantage. As a result, strategies for training, attracting and retaining scientists and engineers have become more important state and national public policy issues.
(2014) Countries around the world are paying more attention to inequality as an indicator of social and economic well-being.
(2000) The 20th century witnessed a revolution in human health and well-being. Average life expectancy at birth in many industrialized countries nearly doubled from around 45 years in 1900 to more than 70 years in 1999.
Already one of the world's major centers of displaced people, Colombia faces the likelihood that the latest escalation of a multifaceted civil war will force even more people from their homes and increase the risks of illness and death.
(2010) PRB's Population Bulletin, "U.S. Economic and Social Trends Since 2000," analyzes the last 10 years of economic and social trends in the United States.