#Inequalities

It's #NBERday !First up:Q: Did the pandemic negatively impact learning?A: In a sample of economics undergrads, yes: but the effect vanishes among professors who adapted well to Zoom's options!#NBERday https://www.nber.org/papers/w28
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I’ve read this report from @iealondon and @K_Niemietz about the NHS “being nothing special”.At best, it’s a bit silly. At worst, well, I can’t really repeat that.Anyway, let’s take a
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1 like 1 reason we need rent controls high rents trap tenants in the private rented sector high rents are a key cause of homelessness high rents cost the public
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#HLE7 - @TSKB_Turkey | Role and impact of #DevelopmentBanks in the achievement of #GenderEquality #SDG5 LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv9IqW-YbcI#FinanceinCommon2020 For this new session, let's greet our moderator @_DanSeymour, D
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Just in case anyone was unaware: the Choctaw Nation chose to legalize chattel slavery within the tribe. Tribal members owned slaves of African descent and many enslaved people walked the
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On Lawrence Krauss' assertion that science is not systematically racist - a thread1/nhttps://twitter.com/LKrauss1/status/1279201378108182528 1st: let us put aside the multiple serious accusations of sexual harassment and subsequent reti
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We’re still learning about how to live with #SarsCov2 & we're all concerned about long term effects of #school closures for #childrenGiven debates about #schoolreopenings I thought I’d share how
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The coronavirus crisis has had a disproportionate impact on migrant & BME communities. The vaccine rollout will be no different.In this thread we unpack why 230 orgs are calling on
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apart from diagnostic techniques only able to determine this after 20 weeks, this is a disingenuous attempt at equivalence. sex selection isn’t about abortion- shocker!- it’s about gendered inequalities &
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Today in our virtual campus #suffrage parade: early @simmonsuniversity trustee, the indomitable Boston reformer MARY MORTON KEHEW. Kehew was “a woman of great energy and force of character” who shaped
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.@BrieucLehmann from @oxcsml @OxfordStats, with @cholmesuk & Gil McVean just released a pre-print @biorxiv_genomic (which I meagrely contributed to & y'all should know about) on the transferability of polygenic scores
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I want to breakdown and discuss Elizabeth Warren's letter to the SEC. Because there are still people talking about how she's championing for the people. So... let's discuss. Athread... Her
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In December, the @American_Heart published a Presidential Advisory statement on working against structural racism and health disparities in response to recent news events and #BLM advocacy. #healthequity #CQOSpotlight https://www.ahajournal
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Dear med schools, *now with references*!1. Have you asked the Black communities how best to support their children to become the health professionals at your medical center? Pre-meds in high
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We will never go back to pre-covid life. This is the case. There are things that MUST be addressed however by liberal individuals or post-covid life will deepen the inequities
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This is fascinating thread on the mechanics of the breakdown in political discourse, but for better/worse, that seems to be only symptomatic of a much more fundamental societal failure, triggered
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