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SMU creating human trafficking data ‘warehouse’

SMU NEWS – SMU is creating a federally-funded data warehouse to centralize data collection and support research into human trafficking in the United States. An estimated 27.6 million people worldwide are forced at any given time to perform labor or engage in commercial sex acts. The SMU Human Trafficking Data Warehouse will give law enforcement […]

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SMU celebrates 10 years of impact with the Bush Center

SMU NEWS – When the George W. Bush Presidential Center opened to the public on the SMU campus on May 1, 2013, it launched a strong but independent partnership with the University that continues to provide measurable benefits to the North Texas community. From bringing world leaders to Dallas, to boosting the regional economy through jobs and tourism, […]

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Identity—not income—drives desire to secede, according to a model created by SMU economist Klaus Desmet and other researchers

Phys.org – What most sparks a region’s desire to seek independence from their country—income or identity? A new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University, Dallas) and UC3M (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) found that the group people identify with tends to play a bigger factor in secession than differences in per capita income between […]

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Environment Can’t Wait for Agreement on a Carbon Tax

Inside Sources –  Klaus Desmet, economics professor at SMU Dallas along with co-authors Bruno Conte (economics University of Bologna) and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (economics University of Chicago), for an op-ed advocating for a research-tested carbon tax system that could work in the U.S. and European Union. Published in Inside Sources under the heading Environment Can’t Wait […]

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2022 Dedman College Research Round Up

Dedman College News- Here are some of the Dedman College 2022 research highlights. For the full article please visit SMU News: A study led by fire anthropologist Christopher Roos suggests bringing “good fire” back to the U.S. and other wildfire fire-prone areas, as Native Americans once did, could potentially blunt the role of climate in triggering today’s […]

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Identity, not income, drives desire to secede

SMU News – A new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University, Dallas) and UC3M (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) found that the group people identify with tends to play a bigger factor in secession than differences in per capita income between regions. Identity was shown to be a larger factor than income for many […]

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Myths, Facts, and the Qualified Case for College

The Catalyst Essay by J.H. Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative The case for earning a postsecondary degree is as strong as ever for most young people – and so is the case for renewing America’s commitment to expanding college access. Reaching higher college attainment levels requires dismantling barriers to opportunity […]

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Why are Californians moving to Texas and how that might change the state

Dallas Morning News: The Bush Institute’s Cullum Clark shares what he’s learned about California-to-Texas migration. “Don’t California my Texas” is a common refrain of Texans who don’t want an influx of Californians to influence the traditional Republican values of the state. The California-to-Texas migration trend is hard to ignore, especially after the pandemic led to […]

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Dedman College Announces 2022 Outstanding Professor, Perrine Prize, and Faculty Service Award Winners

Congratulations to the following who received this year’s prestigious awards. Outstanding Dedman Family Professor: Daniel Millimet Caren Protho Faculty Service Award: Bonnie Wheeler Perrine Prize: Timothy Rosendale  

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The gender gap: Nature or nurture? It’s complicated, says a large Facebook study ​

SMU News It’s an age-old question – are the differences between what men and women like decided by nature or nurture? A new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University) and UC3M(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) in Spain produced some surprising results: the gap separating the interests of men and women on some topics is larger […]