Cynthia Thaler
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The Unemployed and Job Openings: A Data Primer
2013 report by the Congressional Research Service on employment statistics in the U.S. between 2001 and 2012
The Missing ‘One-Offs’: The Hidden Supply of High Achieving, Low Income Students
2012 study from Stanford and Harvard Universities showing that the majority of low-income, high-achieving students do not apply to selective schools.
Delayed Enrollment and College Plans: Is There a Postponement Penalty?
2013 study in The Journal of Higher Education on how taking time off before entering post-secondary education hurts some students and helps others.
2013 study in The Review of Higher Education examining how different kinds of engagement during college, and different demographic factors, can help explain future earnings patterns.
College Mission and Diversity Statements: What They Do and Do Not Say
2012 study from the University of Memphis analyzing the language around diversity in the school mission statements of 80 post-secondary institutions.
Improving Employment and Earnings for TANF Recipients
2012 paper from the Urban Institute summarizing the latest research on programs that assist poor families and the strategies that have proved most effective.
Does Supervisor Gender Matter? Examining the Case of Teacher Turnover
2012 study from Vanderbilt University and the University of Missouri on the influence of gender on job satisfaction and turnover in the education public sector.
University Based Service Learning: Relating Mentor Experiences to Issues of Poverty
2012 study from Vanderbilt University on the effects of a service learning mentoring program and college students’ learning about social inequality.
Bullying in a Networked Era: A Literature Review
2012 and 2013 reports from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the University of New Hampshire examine and consolidate the research findings of recent studies.
Predictors of Civic Values in College: Student-Level and Institutional-Level Effects
2013 study in Journal of College Student Development that shows how various factors help explain the development of civic values through college.
Why Has Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. Stopped? Zoning and Inequality
2012 paper from Harvard University exploring how restrictive zoning across the United States had decreased labor mobility and stalled progress toward diminishing income inequality.
Effects of Work on Leadership Development Among First-Year College Students
2012 study in the Journal of College Student Development on some positive effects of off-campus work for undergraduate students.
Spreading the Word: Geography, Policy and Knowledge Spillovers
2012 study in The Review of Economics and Statistics looks at the diffusion of knowledge and patents across states and regions.
Latino Adolescents’ Experiences of Discrimination Across the First Two Years of High School
2011 study in Child Development on perceived discrimination among young Latinos and its outcomes in educational settings.
2011 paper from the University of Chicago consolidating previous scholarship that attempts to explain ongoing employment and earnings disparities for African-Americans.
The End of Farm Labor Abundance
2012 study from the University of California, Davis, and El Colegio de Mexico on farm labor supply in the U.S. and Mexican migration patterns.
2012 study from New York University on how LGBT victimization predicts decreased self-esteem and worse educational outcomes, specifically a lower GPA and increased absences.
Risky Disclosures on Facebook: The Effect of Having a Bad Experience on Online Behavior
2012 study from the University of Guelph and the University of Toronto published in the Journal of Adolescent Research on the relationship between having a negative online experience and usage of privacy settings.
2010 study in Psychiatric Services looks at rates of treatment initiation among veterans diagnosed with PTSD, as well as variations in treatment.
2010 study by the University of Minnesota Medical School and Duke University Medical Center on relationship problems among returning Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers.
