Effects of welfare reform in terms of costs and mortality: Data analysis

2014 study in the American Journal of Public Health on the cost-effectiveness of welfare reform, examining both cost savings and effects on mortality rates and life expectancy.

Perspectives on winter woes and risks: Research roundup

2013 review of scholarly literature and government reports on winter weather and human activities, including on how to prevent or manage some of the season’s worst threats.

Daycare and early childhood education in the United States: Research roundup

2015 review of research literature relating to daycare issues, as well as relevant studies and other data sources on early childhood education in the United States.

Equal pay, gender wage gaps and “constantly moving goalposts”: Review of 40 years of research

2014 article in the Cambridge Journal of Economics provides an overview of the scholarly literature and the current debates, as well as the progress toward, and proposed remedies for, closing the gender pay gap.

France, Islam, terrorism and the challenges of integration: Research roundup

January 2015 review of research related to Muslims in France, and the terrorist attack on the French satirical news outlet Charlie Hebdo.

“Missing workers” and the labor force: Research on unemployment and getting back to work

2015 roundup of research relating to Americans who have dropped out of the labor force, including the changing nature of new jobs and the human impacts of unemployment.

Diverse classrooms and attitudes toward immigrant inclusion across Western societies

2014 study from the University of London published in the European Sociological Review showing relationships between ethnically diverse classrooms and positive attitudes toward immigrants.

Human trafficking and the “new slavery”: Problems with definitions, enforcement, understanding

2014 paper in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science that explores current debates and findings relating to the area of human trafficking.

Computerization, atomization, crowdsourcing and the new economics of employment

2014 research review on how technology will increasingly break down labor into component parts and related economic and employment outcomes.

Major administrative datasets of the U.S. government — all in one place

2014 list of data sources and tools from a broad range of federal agencies, courtesy of Katherine R. Smith, executive director of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS).