Sentences with phrase «low social capital»

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Conversely, wages for workers in metropolitan areas with low social capital rose by only 2.4 percent in response to a similar increase in immigrant diversity.

It is also likely to be controversial as some of his findings from the US about the relationship between high levels of diversity and low social capital have been heavily criticised by many in the UK.

Not exact matches

Technology has lowered startup costs, women have access to women - only funding options and can more easily leverage social capital.

TriLinc looks for established social enterprises in stable emerging markets that are ripe for growth capital and represent a lower risk than early - stage companies.

If you believe, however, that China's very low level of social capital has long ago made its investment strategy obsolete, the consequences and implications are radically different.

The fact that China's debt is rising much more quickly than China's debt servicing capacity is consistent with my implicit model — which claims that the optimal amount of capital stock in China is a function of China's relatively low level of social capital, and that Chinese investment has far exceeded its optimal level — but it doesn't prove it.

Whelan: The financial case for sustainability is the high correlation between good environmental and social governance performance in a company and good stock performance, lower cost of capital and better operational performance.

China's low level of social capital constrains its ability to absorb additional capital stock productively, causing the country to over-invest.

Active social reform (or involvement in the structures of society) will follow such proclamation, but it will be left by and large to concerned individuals.23 According to the editors, individual Christian involvement will include responsible public criticism of the errors of government (e. g., detente, price freezing, opposition to capital punishment, corrupt leadership, lack of low - rent housing) while remaining always orderly and loyal in the process.

«We hope that by continuing to share our methodology and tools we can lower the barrier for other institutions looking to incorporate social and environmental indicators into their due diligence or impact measurement,» Root Capital Senior Associate for Environmental Performance Elizabeth Teague wrote in a March 3 announcement.

We should situate fathers» effects in social and individual context, whereby (say) effects may be more pronounced and important in isolated nuclear families in low - fertility high social capital contexts, but less visible in extended families with higher fertility and more substitutable forms of childcare.

In studies of social capital — or the capacity for social cooperation and trust — Greece comes out at the low end for a European country.

Cornell has called upon Janet Hasson, president and publisher and CynDee Royle, editor and vice-president of News to initiate a capital campaign, sponsored by the paper, that would help to fund some of the proposals put forward by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to address gun violence and school safety, including needed mental health and social services and school resource officers.

The problem is social capital: Low - income people lack it, and so their personal networks do not often contain millionaires with open pocketbooks.

In my model, growth between +2 % and -2 % essentially produces the same negative economic and social consequences - rising poverty, unemployment and inequality, low productivity, weak infrastructure, low capital investments and social and political instability!

«The results could also be highlighting a mechanism of how the modern era might facilitate a closing of the inequality gap, as those from lower social classes take advantage of platforms like Facebook to increase their social capital beyond national borders,» he said.

The researchers focused on metropolitan areas that ranked at the high and low ends of the social capital index.

Another consideration: choice in education already exists (as any real - estate agent knows well), but is so highly correlated with socioeconomic status as to preclude low - income (and some middle - class) folks from availing themselves of the choice — and the resulting social and political capital — which others enjoy.

Maybe he wants to consider how faith - based urban schools contribute to social capital or how choice empowers low - income families.

Working in close collaboration with school - and community - based partners, a team of researchers and program developers at Harvard University is developing, implementing, and evaluating a dual - generation program that supports low - income children's academic and social - emotional development while simultaneously building skills and social capital among low - income parents.

And I think we need to think a lot about thoughtfully helping students from low - income neighborhoods build social capital around them to help them see and create opportunities they never otherwise would have to motivate them to learn and make progress in their lives without having to resort to criminal acts.

She has studied how college access and outreach programs affect low income students» social capital and social contexts of choice, and is currently working on philosophical / empirical research into the moral tensions around movements to opt out of different aspects of public education, and on philosophical work on what makes a disagreement «reasonable.»

'' [In the article,] I draw upon social capital theory to show why we need to link school reform to community revitalization in America's low - income urban communities,» Warren said.

As devastating as Putnam's depiction of today's poverty may be, we shouldn't think that there's absolutely no social capital in low - income communities.

This amounted to a return of more than $ 2 for every taxpayer dollar spent and a social return of nearly $ 4 for every dollar spent.13 The social return included benefits such as improved skills and human capital, greater lifetime civic engagement, lower delinquency and criminal activity, and even improved health status for volunteers.14 Cost - benefit analyses of more than 50 individual AmeriCorps programs have yielded similar results.15

The change process required a comprehensive and strategically - planned and implemented home, school, and community collaboration that included social - capital and other economic - development initiatives targeting entire low - income neighborhoods.

Fung finds that LSCs increase accountability between local officials and the communities they serve, help build social capital, and encourage low - income, minority parents to become more involved in their community.

In a million - person - plus metropolitan area with tens of thousands of secondary students, only about 8,000 were unable to exercise their choice and were thus left behind in these schools that tend to serve our relatively few neighborhoods that have exceptional numbers of homeless families, foster children, incarcerated parents and low levels of social capital and relational trust.

In the Harbor School application, Capital Preparatory Schools, Inc. (CPS — the Charter Magnet Organization that will provide «whole school management» services for the school) proposes a commitment to serving students with a history of low academic performance, students with a history of behavioral and social difficulties, students eligible for free / reduced lunch, students in need of special education and English language learners.

Research shows that the movement of these children from a low SES school to a higher SES school in Australia undermines the «quality» (cultural and social capital) of the remaining student body in the low SES school.

Within schools the proximity to black majority areas with lower socioeconomic backgrounds makes them less likely to have to the cultural and social capital considered necessary for success, even if they themselves may have a higher income than other families in the area.

The only problem at the moment is that price action is bullish S&P 500 futures picking up from lows this morning after Asian stocks fell overnight (Chinese market down more than 3 %) on broadly negative comments from policy makers, especially out of China with researcher Zhang Ming (Academy of Social Sciences) pointed out that capital controls could be strengthened to address speculative inflows related to low US interest rates.

Of course, the caveat to this strategy is that while long - term capital gains may be eligible for 0 % rates for lower income individuals, it is still income itself, potentially impacting certain deductions and tax credits, and the taxation of Social Security.

Thanks to that kind of «social capital,» Chicago's low - income Auburn Gresham neighborhood had a lower mortality rate during a severe 1995 heat wave than some more affluent areas.

The report makes a compelling economic and social case for investing two per cent of global GDP in greening ten central sectors of the economy in order to shift development and unleash public and private capital flows onto a low - carbon, resource - efficient path.

It makes a compelling economic and social case for investing two per cent of global GDP in greening ten central sectors of the economy in order to shift development and unleash public and private capital flows onto a low - carbon, resource - efficient path.

The process of non-voluntary immigration, transitioning and acculturating to a new country may have a negative impact on the mental health of immigrants.1 — 3 Postmigration factors (eg, stress, lack of social capital, social isolation and loss of social network) as well as acculturation problems and experiences of discrimination in the host country affect the mental health of the parents and the children.4 5 Moreover, immigrant parents face challenges concerning their role and responsibilities as parents while adjusting to the host country, all of which tend to create stress in parenting.1 3 6 The mental health problems of parents have been reported to be a risk factor for children's behavioural problems and may negatively affect the parent — child attachment and their relationship.7 8 Studies have also shown that parents with mental health problems have a low perceived sense of competence in parenting and may lack the ability to employ positive parenting practises.9 10

We should situate fathers» effects in social and individual context, whereby (say) effects may be more pronounced and important in isolated nuclear families in low - fertility high social capital contexts, but less visible in extended families with higher fertility and more substitutable forms of childcare.

Parental separation may also expose children to loss of social, economic and human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation from living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23

Mr. Menkiti is committed to driving both an economic and a social impact, and through the Menkiti Group has invested $ 120 million in Washington D.C.'s low - moderate income communities and guided KW Capital Properties to profit share more than $ 3 million with its associates.