News News Profile Research In the News Admissions Blog Newsletters NewsProfileResearchIn the NewsConfronting COVID-19Black History Month#PolicyForwardSummer of Social ImpactResearchNew Poll: Most Americans Want the Government to Combat Climate Change; Some Willing to Pay a High AmountOctober 03, 2017ResearchSixty-one percent of Americans think climate change is a problem that the government needs to address, including 43 percent of Republicans and 80 percent of Democrats, according to a new survey from the Energy Policy Institute at UChicago.Study Finds Rail’s Flexibility May Undercut Pipeline Investment Over TimeSeptember 25, 2017ResearchA new NBER working paper from Harris Public Policy Prof. Ryan Kellogg and his co-author at Booth find that the flexibility offered by rail has dampened investment in pipelines.Researchers find sharp decline in poverty in the U.S. despite report from Census BureauSeptember 12, 2017ResearchContrary to numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau, researchers at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the University of Notre Dame find that poverty has fallen sharply in the U.S. in recent decades.Air Pollution Cuts 3 Years Off Lifespans In Northern ChinaSeptember 11, 2017ResearchInnovative study from Prof. Michael Greenstone and co-authors finds a well-intentioned home heating policy contributed to higher pollution in Northern China, shaving years off hundreds of millions of lives. Beware of the NeighborsJuly 27, 2017ResearchNew research shows that regional support for rebel groups can increase violence.Study Finds Climate Change Damages U.S. Economy, Increases InequalityJune 29, 2017ResearchUnmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, with the poorest third of U.S. counties projected to sustain economic damages costing as much as 20 percent of their income if warming proceeds unabated.PaginationPrevious page‹ Page 20 Next page ›