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When “Doing Good” in Development Becomes a Problem

Faith and Public Life | July 9, 2020 | Summer Honors Program

When “Doing Good” in Development Becomes a Problem

Courtney Noll is a recent graduate from Cornell University, where she majored in industrial and labor relations. Her interests lie in labor and gender issues in international development. She was a participant in the 2020 Summer Honors Program course on “International...

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The Benefits Cliff and Labor Supply: Lessons from Behavioral Economics

Emma Nyhof | November 16, 2018 | Economics, Politics, Society, Young Scholars

The Benefits Cliff and Labor Supply: Lessons from Behavioral Economics

Standard economic theory relies on the assumption that we make choices rationally. Besides the disagreement surrounding the definition of rationality itself, there is growing evidence that suggests our behavior actually is not always rational. While it seems...

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Emma Nyhof was a 2017-2018 Young Scholar for the Initiative on Faith and Public Life and graduated from Hope College where she majored in economics and psychology.

Helping the Homeless: Public-Private Partnerships in Los Angeles County

Faith and Public Life | November 29, 2017 | Economics, Poverty, Young Scholars

Helping the Homeless: Public-Private Partnerships in Los Angeles County

Can the public and private sectors effectively partner to provide temporary shelter assistance to the homeless? For the citizens of Los Angeles, California, this is no idle question. With 46,874 homeless, the “City of Flowers and Sunshine” is host to nearly 10% of the...

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Why Is Detroit so Empty?

Faith and Public Life | November 15, 2017 | Economics, Politics, Poverty, Young Scholars

Why Is Detroit so Empty?

The decline of industrial cities in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States has been accompanied by significant population loss of inner cities as residents migrate to the suburbs. Cities such as Cleveland, St. Louis, and Detroit have less than half of the...

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Fixing the Social Welfare System Will Require Creativity

Faith and Public Life | June 28, 2017 | Economics, Poverty

Fixing the Social Welfare System Will Require Creativity

Nothing is ever black and white. On a many different types of issues today, society is learning that most things cannot be boiled down to one of two options. So why are we seem to be doing that with our social safety net systems? In today’s discussions of welfare,...

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