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Food Insecurity Continues to Grow

By Guest PostSeptember 21, 2013Economyfamilies in missouri, food affordability, food insecurity, hunger atlas, hunger issues, missouri hunger atlas

Missouri trends mirror the national picture; MU scientist offers policy suggestions to fight hunger issues

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The 2013 Missouri Hunger Atlas, issued by the University of Missouri’s Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, shows that more than one in five Missouri households with children are food insecure, meaning they worry about not having enough food. One author of the Hunger Atlas said that patterns in Missouri reflect what is happening at the national level, and offers suggestions for actions from government policy makers and individuals to provide some relief. (more…)

American Families Taking ‘Divergent Paths,’ Study Finds

By Guest PostSeptember 20, 2013Economyamerican born children, american families, ethnic inequalities, family situations, financial difficulties

Inequality Linked to ‘Marriage-Go-Round’ Among Some Groups

COLUMBUS, Ohio – After a period of relative calm during the 1990s, rapid changes in American families began anew during the 2000s, a new analysis suggests. (more…)

IBM Transforms Mortgage Fulfillment Process and Improves Customer Experience

By Guest PostSeptember 5, 2013Economy, Technologydigital loan processing, financial services sector, lower origination costs, mortgage lender, smarter commerce initiative

Armonk N.Y. – 05 Sep 2013: IBM today launched its comprehensive Digital Loan Processing platform which integrates the core lending business process with mobile applications and analytics, allowing lenders to transform the online experience for customers. Through this new solution, borrowers can now engage in real-time during every aspect of the loan application process: applying online, uploading documents, acting on inquiries and monitoring loan approval status – all from their smartphone or tablet device. (more…)

Nourishing people and an economy

By Guest PostSeptember 2, 2013Economydairy farmers, dairy industry, farmers in malawi, malawi, native farmers, white revolution

Milk has a reputation for strengthening bones. In Malawi, the growing dairy industry is strengthening the livelihoods of small dairy farmers and the health of the country’s inhabitants. (more…)

The Trappings of Trade: Osterley House reveals its gems from the East

By Guest PostAugust 3, 2013Economy, Politicsbritish trade, east india company, gujarati fabrics, japanese lacquered chests, osterley house, trade of asia, trappings of trade

Stunning Japanese-lacquered chests, Gujarati fabrics and fine Chinese porcelain are some of the distinctive objects displayed in a new exhibition co-curated by UCL researchers, National Trust staff and volunteers at Osterley Park and House in west London. (more…)

Economists provide better measurement and assessment tools for study of inequality

By Guest PostJuly 25, 2013Economyassessment tools, china based scholars, conference in beijing, dali yang, developmental psychologists, economists, geneticists, james heckman, measurement, peking university, socio economic inequality, steven durlauf, study in china, study of inequality, university of chicago, yang yao

One-day conference in Beijing kicks off summer training for graduate students studying socio-economic inequality

A team of scholars who are engaged in researching ways to improve human capital and economic opportunity convened the “Conference on the Study of Inequality” on Monday, June 17, at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing.

The conference, which was co-sponsored by the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, the University of Chicago Center in Beijing and the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University, kicked off a week of events. (more…)

India case study: Corporate social responsibility doesn’t always work

By Guest PostJuly 21, 2013Economycorporate social responsibility, groundwater aquifers, groundwater regime, india case study, kaladera plant, rainwater harvesting, water extraction

ANN ARBOR — The idea of corporate social responsibility to manage common-pool resources such as water, forests and pastures is flawed, says a University of Michigan researcher. (more…)

Companies Look at Wrong Things When Using Facebook to Screen Job Applicants

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2013Economy, Technologyadam meade, alcohol, badmouth, companies, corporate human resources, drug use, extroverts, Facebook, facebook behavior, facebook profile, fundamental misunderstanding, job candidates, lori foster thompson, marketing positions, north Carolina, online behavior, online indicator, screen job applicants, state university, will stoughton, wrong things

Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that those companies may have a fundamental misunderstanding of online behavior and, as a result, may be eliminating desirable job candidates.

Researchers tested 175 study participants to measure the personality traits that companies look for in job candidates, including conscientiousness, agreeableness and extraversion. The participants were then surveyed on their Facebook behavior, allowing researchers to see which Facebook behaviors were linked to specific personality traits. (more…)

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