A $10 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to the Center for the Study of Inequality supports new research and educational opportunities on the causes and consequences of inequality.
Sociologist Tom Hirschl says poverty may be best understood in a relative sense – that is, looking at how people stack up against each other, as opposed to against a specific income standard.
At Cornell's version of TEDx Talks – CURBx – seven undergraduate students explained their humanities and STEM research in five-minute presentations Nov. 21 in McGraw Hall.
Research4Impact - a cross between Match.com and LinkedIn for academics, nonprofits and those working in the governmental sector - helps connect potential collaborators that could turn academic research into real-world results.
A new Cornell study finds that students' exposure to a duty-to-bargain law while in elementary and secondary school lowers their future earnings and leads to fewer hours worked.
No matter how neglected the child, there’s still hope – at least for prairie voles. That’s the message of a new study from a Cornell psychologist that could have implications for human well-being.
Elissa Cohen '12 gave a talk on campus Nov. 3 about how her minor in inequality and other courses helped prepare her for a job at the Urban Institute's Income and Benefits Policy Center.
A study co-authored by Cornell's Richard Burkhauser contends that the overall life evaluation of citizens drops as the share of income held by the top 1 percent of the population increases.
The willingness to make lifestyle changes to avert climate change may depend on the moral values closely aligned with liberal political leanings, according to Cornell research.