Americans are consistently less supportive of refugee resettlement nearby compared to nationally, suggest the findings from a new paper Co-authored by Professor Jeremy Ferwerda, Professor Horiuchi, and D.J. Flynn, a postdoc with Quantitative Social Science. From Dartmouth News.
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A new study by researchers from Dartmouth and two Australian universities provides the first empirical evidence using data from a variety of countries that foreign aid can greatly improve foreign public opinion of donor countries.
[more]In a story in The New Yorker, Professor Bernard Avishai, a visiting professor of government, writes about a method for determining the cost of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Israel’s economy. “The problem is that it is difficult to determine the opportunity cost of the conflict,” Avishai writes. “How well might the Israeli economy have done if the conflict hadn’t taken place?”
[more]Dartmouth will host a two-day conference, “Japan Studies at Dartmouth: Educating Global Citizens,” on November 8 and 9, celebrating the past, present, and future of Japanese studies at the College.
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