Sentences with phrase «study social inequalities»

In a keynote speech to the TUC meeting today, Miss Harman will announce plans for a National Equalities Panel to study social inequalities.

«Or they're facility by facility,» adds Manuel Pastor, a scholar at the University of Southern California who studies the social inequalities of pollution.

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The studies warn, «High inequality can diminish economic growth if it means that the country is not fully using the skills and capabilities of all its citizens or if it undermines social cohesion, leading to increased social tensions.

Known as Betty, her contributions to public health policy came during her tenure from 1992 to 1998 as president of the William T. Grant Foundation, a social science research nonprofit focused on inequality and improving the lives of young people, and through her earlier work in 1977 as the director of studies of the President's Commission on Mental Health during the administration of President Jimmy Carter.

This paper studies the relationship between urban transportation systems and social inequality, discusses sustainable mobility, and offers a case study of challenges presented by transit infrastructure.

, 1968 Zick Rubin, «The Social Psychology of Romantic Love», 1969 Elliot Aronson, «Some Antecedents of Interpersonal Attraction», 1970 David C. Glass and Jerome E. Singer, «The Urban Condition: Its Stresses and Adaptations — Experimental Studies of Behavioral Consequences of Exposure to Aversive Events», 1971 Norman H. Anderson, «Information Integration Theory: A Brief Survey», 1972 Lenora Greenbaum, «Socio - Cultural Influences on Decision Making: An Illustrative Investigation of Possession - Trance in Sub-Saharan Africa», 1973 William E. McAuliffe and Robert A. Gordon, «A Test of Lindesmith's Theory of Addiction: The Frequency of Euphoria Among Long - Term Addicts», 1974 R. B. Zajonc and Gregory B. Markus, «Intellectual Environment and Intelligence», 1975 Johnathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein, «Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: The Bolivian National Revolution», 1977 Murray Melbin, «Night as Frontier», 1978 Ronald S. Wilson, «Synchronies in Mental Development: An Epigenetic Perspective», 1979 Bibb Latane, Stephen G. Harkins, and Kipling D. Williams, «Many Hands Make Light the Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing», 1980 Gary Wayne Strong, «Information, Pattern, and Behavior: The Cognitive Biases of Four Japanese Groups», 1981 Richard A. Shweder and Edmund J. Bourne, «Does the Concept of the Person Vary Cross Culturally?»

According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, wealthier people are more likely to donate to charity if they endorse social inequality while less wealthy people are more likely to make donations if they endorse greater equality.

The study adds to a growing body of Yale research into the complex dynamics of human social networks and how those networks influence everything from economic inequality to group violence.

The implications are important: Correlational studies have suggested that street patterns may impact local economies, physical activity levels, public transportation use, crime rates and social inequality.

In a study published in Current Anthropology, Matthew Velasco, assistant professor of anthropology at Cornell University, explores how head - shaping practices may have enabled political solidarity while furthering social inequality in the region.

Social mobility is an important concept for social scientists who study economic inequality and opportSocial mobility is an important concept for social scientists who study economic inequality and opportsocial scientists who study economic inequality and opportunity.

In the study, Velasco explores how head - shaping practices may have enabled political solidarity and furthered social inequality in the region.

Community partners gathered today to launch the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion (CRHESI), a new organization focused on studying the effects of inequality and discrimination to...

Ethnic Studies and Education revealed a history of exploitation in the United States that I never knew existed and forever shifted the way I perceive race, ethnicity, structural inequalities, social change, and the history that surrounds us.

In addition to this reflection, it is crucial that our institution actively recruits faculty and supports curricula that directly address issues of race, urban inequality, ethnic studies, and social justice.

And in September 2008, Stern and Bruce Western, director of the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, launched the Prison Studies Project, which developed a four - year partnership with Boston University's Prison Education Program and the Massachusetts Department of Correction.

A sociologist of education, he studies the relationship between social inequality and educational opportunity examining how educational leadership, policies, and practices shape students» educational opportunities and outcomes.

While at Stanford, Ericka has worked in partnership with a California school district to help answer high priority and actionable research questions; mentored first and second year doctoral students as a part of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education program; served as a doctoral student representative on the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Interdisciplinary Policy Studies Area Committee; and served as a teaching assistant for quantitative and theoretical courses on educational inequality.

He studies educational disparities, social stratification, and the potential for school - based interventions to mitigate inequality.

This study reveals the multiple and sometimes contradictory stances young people hold toward inequality, individualism, power, and social change.

Epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett studied income inequality in America's 50 states and the 23 richest countries in the world - excluding those with populations below 3 million, those that are tax havens, or those from which they could not get reliable data - to track the effect of income equality on quality of life, health and life expectancy, rates of violence, social mobility, and educational performance.

OTTAWA — Age, not gender, is increasingly at the heart of income inequality in Canada, says a new study that warns economic growth and social stability will be at risk if companies don't start paying better wages.

His studies of exclusion and identity examine larger issues of social and racial inequality that are at the forefront of current debates in the United States.

Having witnessed the growing inequality between the rich and poor, Samantara pursued studies in economics and law and built a lifelong career as a social justice activist.

Veronica Yeung's costumes are inspired by an interest in classical Japanese ghost folklore and her studies in law and social justice relating to women's experiences of inequality.

My costumes are inspired by an interest in classical Japanese ghost folklore and my studies in law and social justice relating to women's experiences of inequality.

Our goals are to (1) provide our audience with alternative resources regarding criminalization, inequality, and social harm as well as (2) encourage more action - oriented relationships with groups or social phenomena of study.

There are strengths and limitations to both absolute and relative measures of low income, and use of relative measures, such as those used in the current study, have their merits when used within countries to identify those at risk of poverty and social exclusion.30 Still, Norway has low levels of poverty and economic inequality, which may restrict generalisability of these results.

Community Social Capital, Built Environment, and Income - Based Inequality in Depressive Symptoms Among Older People in Japan: An Ecological Study From the JAGES Project.

Multiple studies undertaken over many years attest to the effect of parenting on the development of children and young people, 1,2 and on their mental3 — 5 and physical health in adult life.6, 7 Good quality, timely support for parents has now been identified in national and international policy documents as important for reducing social inequalities in health, 8 preventing mental illness, 9 — 11 and enhancing social and educational development.12

Although the results from the present study may not be conclusive on whether children who participate in ECE have better learning outcomes due to lack of robust longitudinal support, it is undeniable that stimulation of child characteristics that are targeted to reduce educational inequalities at school entry between advantaged and disadvantaged children represents a critical foundation in reducing the economic, health, and social burdens associated with poverty.

In a study published in the journal Sex Roles, male and female college undergraduates were given a survey that inquired about their general support for social inequality («It's OK if some groups have more of a chance in life than others») as well as their support for traditional gender power dynamics in the bedroom («The man should be the one who dictates what happens during sex»)[1].

Experts have shown in study after study that high - quality early care and education produce external benefits that are abundant and long - lasting.29 Quality child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing inequality in educational, health, and social outcomes.

FrameWorks CEO discusses the difference between the social analysis and the communications strategy in these two case studies on inequality and immigration in our FrameBlog.