Sentences with phrase «research and policy center»

Pro bono attorneys from Clayton Utz, working in partnership with Anti-Slavery Australia, a legal research and policy center focused on the abolition of slavery, trafficking, and labor exploitation, agreed to assist Ram in securing his missing wages.

Michael Shellenberger is a Time Magazine «Hero of the Environment» and is president of Environmental Progress, an independent, Berkeley, California - based research and policy center.

In the Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting.

Kendi is currently a Professor of History and International Relations and the Founding Director of the Anti-Racist Research and Policy Center at American University.

Harvard University today announced the establishment of a new research and policy center bringing together neuroscientists, molecular biologists, and a range of social scientists to advance understanding of the biology of health, learning, and behavior in young children.

In 2008 she became a Founding Faculty Co-director of the Berkeley Law Center for Health, Economic and Family Security (CHEFS), a research and policy center focusing on national flexible workplaces and health reform for working families.

In The Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center committed to promoting values, vision, and agenda for the common good and democratic control of public goods and services.

Another study done by the Environment California Research and Policy Center tested 5 popular baby bottles: Avent, Dr. Brown's Evenflo, Gerber, and Playtex.

The interest in glass was triggered largely by a California Environment Research and Policy Center report that warns about the dangers of BPA, which can leach from certain bottles into breast milk or formula.

According to the Environment America Research and Policy Center, more than 15 million Americans live in counties that have averaged one or more weather - related disasters per year since the beginning of 2006.

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Richard J. Reddick is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Stpolicy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American StPolicy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies.

«This is a pro-business issue,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the nonpartisan Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. «You have a lot of firms that lose workers; making child care accessible and affordable can increase the labor pool.»

A newly released study from the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research did detailed surveys with more than 1,100 drivers.

Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization in Washington, has met with members of Congress and their staff about the bill to argue that while the policy goals make sense, the language as drafted isn't needed, said Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research.

James Hazel, a post-doctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt University's Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, has been looking into the privacy policies of consumer genetics tests.

The U.S. could dial back the trade deficit by trimming the value of the dollar, suggests Dean Baker, co-director of the non-partisan Center for Economic and Policy Research.

The left - leaning Center for Economic and Policy Research noted the other day that the share of the prime working - age population with jobs is still below where it was in December 2007.

'' [Silicon Valley] runs the risk of being perceived as arrogant and entitled and super-wealthy and narrowly satisfying its own interests,» says Dan Siciliano, a research fellow at the Immigration Policy Center, and executive director at the Program in Law, Economics, and Business at Stanford Law School.

The immigrants are primarily attracted American jobs in the agriculture, hospitality, and construction industries, Jeronimo Cortina, a professor and research associate at the University of Houston's Center for Public Policy, told The Houston Chronicle.

Indeed, the Center for Economic and Policy Research says the median net worth of near - retirees — those ages 55 to 64 — was $ 165,700 in 2013, down from $ 177,600 in 1989.

«These tariffs make for a very uncertain environment,» suggests Dean Baker, the co-director of the non-partisan Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C..

Elaine Maag, a senior research associate at the Tax Policy Center, thinks that Ivanka's position likely changed as she became more educated on the issue and realized that the child tax credit reaches many more families than a child care credit could.

Some conservative groups, including the Family Research Council and the Center for Military Readiness, have suggested a reversal of the policy.

Herbert Lin, Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security at the Stanford Center for International Security and fellow at the Hoover Institution

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.

Separately, some Republican senators were questioning the repeal of a 40 percent inheritance tax levied on estates worth more than $ 5.5 million, or $ 11 million for married couples — a tax paid only by the wealthiest American taxpayers, or about 0.2 percent of Americans, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research and policy instPolicy Priorities, a research and policy instpolicy institute.

«He is a long - shot,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, in Washington, D.C..

Many are approaching retirement with only their Social Security to support them and a mortgage that is far from paid off, says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

A survey conducted by the Center for Research and Public Policy found that the biggest concerns among veterans when returning home are applying military training to the workplace, job placement, and career counseling.

From 2008 to 2012, the board member in question — Susan Arnold, who chairs the compensation committee at Disney — received fees from Disney that were 70 % greater than the average received by Fortune 100 directors, according to an analysis by the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR).

A report from the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Center, for instance, looked at data from the Survey of Business Owners and the American Community Survey and determined that though immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector employment.

The ACA «is a big boon to small businesses and their workers, who care about health care insurance,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a nonpartisan policy thinkPolicy Research, a nonpartisan policy thinkpolicy think tank.

The cost of the credits to the federal government makes them controversial, however, says Joseph Rosenberg, senior research associate at the Tax Policy Center, a non-partisan tax group run by the Urban Institute and Brookings.

Of course, that doesn't make the most expensive cities the «best» cities to live in, at least not for everyone, says Jennie Allison of the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness, a nonprofit research and policy group.

A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows that most households have less wealth now than they did in 1989.

Blog postings by CEPR staff and updates on the latest briefings and activities at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

The top sectors expected to see employment growth are leisure and hospitality, trade, transportation and utilities, according to the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific.

Abramson is a senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, and director of policy at the Iron Dome AllPolicy Research, and director of policy at the Iron Dome Allpolicy at the Iron Dome Alliance.

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-- Dean Baker, co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

«There is no panic buying of guns because there is clearly no threat of federal government action in response to mass shootings that would restrict or regulate firearms,» Daniel Webster, the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, wrote in an email.

Over the last six months, Coin Center — the independent, non-profit, public policy research and advocacy center based in Washington, DC — has been busy addressing blockchain's national security implications with the congressional Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, spearheading the Blockchain Caucus on Capitol Hill, and moderating recent panels on legal strategy and regulatory developments and how they affect the crypto - Center — the independent, non-profit, public policy research and advocacy center based in Washington, DC — has been busy addressing blockchain's national security implications with the congressional Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, spearheading the Blockchain Caucus on Capitol Hill, and moderating recent panels on legal strategy and regulatory developments and how they affect the crypto - center based in Washington, DC — has been busy addressing blockchain's national security implications with the congressional Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, spearheading the Blockchain Caucus on Capitol Hill, and moderating recent panels on legal strategy and regulatory developments and how they affect the crypto - space.

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, a liberal think tank, said he «can't think of any way they were a factor at all.»

-- Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and author of «Getting Back to Full Employment: A Better Bargain for Working People»

By M. Hudson (University of Missouri) and C. Goodhart (LSE) As published by the Center for Economic Policy Research.

Hannah Fingerhut is a research analyst focusing on U.S. politics and policy at Pew Researchresearch analyst focusing on U.S. politics and policy at Pew ResearchResearch Center.

«When we interviewed the insurers for our report, it was in late 2017, so we were not able to fully capture how insurers currently would feel about these market stabilization proposals that are in the news this week,» said Sabrina Corlette, research professor at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute and one of the authors of the study.

«We should be seeing some serious upticks in orders if the tax cut is going to lead to the promised jump in investment,» Dean Baker, an economist from the liberal - leaning Center for Economic and Policy Research, said in an email.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR)'s Danielle Hale, Managing Director of Housing Research, was joined by Alex Nowrasteh, immigration policy analyst at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity at the Cato Institute, to share insight on the current and future impact of foreign buyers and immigration on the U.S. housing market.