Floridians’ consumer confidence rose another two points in May to 81 — a third straight month of increases for a post-recession high, according to a University of Florida survey.
Economic incentives such as gift cards, T-shirts, and time off from work motivate people to increase their donations of blood without endangering the blood supply.
Researchers in the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University studied a historical archive of airline ticket purchases and found the best deals are on the weekend.
Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service today unveiled a new poverty measure designed to more accurately reflect the economic distress among residents of the commonwealth.
A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that managers of small firms better protect their shareholders’ stock value by fending off potential acquisitions by larger firms with overpriced stock.
Each new manufacturing job in the seven-county Chicago region creates another 2.2 jobs in the region on average, according to a new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Averages range from 7.3 additional jobs for each new oil refinery worker to 0.5 additional jobs for each new textile worker.
Low-income families have been hit hard by the rising cost of child care in America, and federal child care subsidies are one of the most important ways to mitigate rising child care costs that, for some households, now represent more than a third of their annual income, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
The middle-market for Mergers & Acquisitions has significantly improved in the past two years according to The Babson College Middle-Market/Small Business Mergers & Acquisitions Survey conducted by the business school’s MBA students in the first quarter of 2013.
On Saturday, May 18, Facebook will mark its first year as a publicly traded company. Experts from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University are available to discuss the anniversary of the landmark IPO.
A recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln provides evidence that CEOs who turn out to be successful are the ones who are offered higher compensation packages from their boards at the outset.
Researchers are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today.
The Great Recession, characterized by devastating mortgage defaults, has challenged the conventional wisdom that home ownership is a good investment, particularly for those with low and moderate incomes. But the conventional wisdom on the benefits of owning vs. renting still holds when done right, according to a newly published study led by the Brown School’s Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.
A University of Arkansas economist examined the relationship between corruption and regulatory compliance – on both a theoretical and empirical level – and found, surprisingly, that corruption in some circumstances actually fosters regulatory compliance.
A new cotton outlook analysis from Texas Tech University’s Cotton Economics Research Institute notes that global growth is projected to remain at 3 percent over the next five years, then slow by half a point during the following five.
Research from Temple University’s Center for Competitive Government finds that privately operated prisons can substantially cut costs while performing at equal or better levels than government-run prisons.
As Mexico wrestles with improving the quality of education for primary school students, economists at the University of California, Riverside have found that extending the length of the school year will do little to improve student performance.
Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, is an expert on issues affecting immigrant labor. An advisor to the White House, Dudley comments on renewed efforts in Congress to pass comprehensive immigration law reform.
The angel investor market in 2012 continued the upward trend started in 2010 in investment dollars and in the number of investments, albeit at a moderate pace, according to the 2012 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
Annual report by Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute uses new 'hyperlocal' data on what's important to Baltimore's neighborhoods.
During Cuba's economic crash in the early 1990s, obesity, diabetes and heart disease declined. But after the economy improved, obesity and diabetes shot back up, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.
Drastic cuts in public spending only exacerbate turmoil in already-troubled economies.
A new study examines how American families cope with unexpected financial setbacks and how those periods of economic uncertainty draw down financial resources. The report studies families across race and income levels, revealing different experiences resulting from unemployment and the difficult choices many of them face.
Physicians and patients alike are feeling the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts that went into effect on January 1, 2013. With an additional 2% sequestration cut to roll out on April 1, it’s likely that physicians who treat Medicare patients will be faced with difficult decisions as operating margins continue to shrink.
This report details and deconstructs the employment situation of veterans based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual employment report for the year 2012.
In a Huffington Post essay titled “The New Washington Economics,” Hamilton College Government Professor P. Gary Wyckoff questioned the financial soundness of the sequester.
Chicago's neighborhood secondhand stores thrive while competing with eBay because their patrons seek "intangible satisfactions," not just bargains. Secondhand retail also boosts other retail, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Low-income parents who receive federal child care subsidies are more satisfied with their child care than those who don’t receive such help, according to a recent study.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high Thursday. Is the surge odd given that the federal government’s forced spending cuts are now a reality? Is it due to other world markets not rebounding quickly? Will the drop in the market that has occurred Friday and Monday continue, or will February data on housing starts and building permits, expected to be released today, counter that trajectory? And what can those with a 401(k) or extra cash to invest expect in the weeks and months ahead?
A new report from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies reveals that nonprofit organizations are major employers and major sources of employment growth in countries throughout the world. The report draws on new data generated by statistical offices in 16 countries that have implemented a new United Nations Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions. This Handbook calls on national statistical offices to report on the economic scale and composition of nonprofit organizations in their countries for the first time.
Ronald M. Levin, JD, administrative law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, recently testified on the REINS Act before the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law. “Under the REINS Act, the dysfunction that now afflicts Congress in the enactment of laws would spread to the implementation of the laws,” he says.
As the federal government assesses an $85 billion reduction in its 2013 budget, an included 2 percent Medicare cut will hurt beneficiaries who need medical eye care, according to ophthalmologists – medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of eye disease. In a survey conducted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, approximately 72 percent of responding member physicians predicted they would be forced to make decisions that will negatively affect the ability of their Medicare patients to receive the highest quality of medical care.
Unless Congress acts by this Friday, “a series of automatic cuts – called the sequester – will take effect that threaten hundreds of thousands of middle-class jobs, and cut vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and our men and women in uniform,” according to a White House report issued Sunday. Many Republican lawmakers, on the other hand, say President Obama and the Democrats are overstating the likely impact of the sequester.
Income has a stronger influence on improving literacy in developing African countries than does international trade or civil and political institutions, according to a study by Professor Mina Baliamoune-Lutz from the University of North Florida and Sylvain Boko, Ph.D., from RTI International.
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