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Lucia Mayta, 43, and her daughter Luz Cecilia, 12, pose for a photograph inside their bodega in La Paz February 24, 2014. Lucia studied until the fourth grade of primary school, and knows how to read and write and do basic math. Lucia runs a bodega, and the family live in a back room. She hopes to build a house in the future. Luz Cecilia is in seventh grade and wants to be a singer. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'WOMEN'S DAY - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'REUTERS MOTHERS DAUGHTERS' - GM1EA370T5701

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Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Eyerusalem Siba

Friday, February 15, 2019

The children of Orfa, a migrant from Honduras, Rachel (second L), Carolina (second R) and Bayron (R), walk to a park to play with neighbours Jose (L) and Jefferson (C) in Texico, New Mexico, U.S., November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT ORFA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1CBD42DD70

The Avenue

Trump’s wall will not prevent America’s diversity boom

William H. Frey

Friday, February 15, 2019

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Up Front

Why are out-of-work men so unhappy in the US?

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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Report

Men without work

Sergio Pinto and Carol Graham

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Reports

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Social Issues

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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Report

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Housing Markets & Finance

The devaluation of assets in black neighborhoods

Andre M. Perry, Jonathan Rothwell, and David Harshbarger

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Economic Development

Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places

Clara Hendrickson, Mark Muro, and William A. Galston

November, 2018

Economic Development

State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, Robert Maxim, and Ross DeVol

October 2018

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Three things that matter for upward mobility in the labor market

Alan Berube

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

A man walks a dog past a row of vacant houses on Crandall Street, a street that became a hub for narcotics activity according to local media and police, in Binghamton, New York, U.S., April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RC166673BE20

FixGov

Congress in 2019: The challenge of left-behind places

Elaine Kamarck

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

The Avenue

Black-white segregation edges downward since 2000, census shows

William H. Frey

Monday, December 17, 2018

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Social Issues

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Trump’s wall will not prevent America’s diversity boom

Why are out-of-work men so unhappy in the US?

Men without work

Reports

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

The devaluation of assets in black neighborhoods

Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places

State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018

Blog Posts

Three things that matter for upward mobility in the labor market

Congress in 2019: The challenge of left-behind places

Black-white segregation edges downward since 2000, census shows

Events

Facial recognition: Coming to a street corner near you

The 2018 American Family Survey: Attitudes toward #MeToo, economic anxiety, immigration and more

Disrupting the cycle of gun violence: A candid discussion with young Chicago residents

Related Books

Reclaiming the American Dream

The Future of Work

Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights System

Multimedia

Robots aren’t taking the jobs, just the paychecks—and other new findings in economics

The changing identity of America’s middle class

Welfare, segregation, economic mobility

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