Elise Shanbacker
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
2011 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research examining how cultural diversity has affected societal growth over centuries.
2012 study by the University of Southern Mississippi on religion and politics in the Latino community.
Summer Temperature Variability and Long-Term Survival Among Elderly People with Chronic Disease
2012 study from the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Michigan published in PNAS on variations in summer temperatures and the elderly.
2012 study in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy on the effect of market factors on the quality of long-term care.
2011 study from Harvard University examining whether techniques used to raise scores in charter schools can be successfully transplanted to traditional public schools.
Impact of Low-Skilled Immigration on the Youth Labor Market
2012 study in the Journal of Labor Economics at the University of Chicago on the relationship between youth unemployment and immigration.
Divorce and Women’s Loss of Health Insurance
2011 report from the University of Michigan’s Population Studies Center on how divorce effects women’s health insurance coverage.
Earnings Inequality and Mobility in the United States: Evidence from Social Security Data Since 1937
2011 study in Quarterly Journal of Economics on U.S. mobility and inequality since 1937.
Evaluating Sugary Drink Nutrition and Marketing to Youth
Report by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity examining nutrition and market of sugary drinks.
Verbal and Non-Verbal Intelligence Changes in the Teenage Brain
2011 study in the journal of science Nature on whether structural changes in the brain and longitudinal changes in IQ are related.
United States Voting Law Changes in 2012
2011 article by the NYU Brennan Center for Justice on the potential impacts of voting-law changes on the 2012 election.
Influence of Corporate Campaign Contributions in Government Contract Award Decisions
2011 study from St. Louis University on the success of corporations in securing government contracts through campaign donations.
Incivility and Outrage in American Politics: Political Discourse in Blogs, Talk Radio and Cable News
2011 study by Tufts University researchers of an ideologically diverse group of news sources to better understand the use of “outrage discourse.”
Contraceptive Method Choice among Youth in the United States: Importance of Relationship Context
2011 study published in the journal Demography on the role of relationship type in contraceptive use.
Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking up from the American Dream
2011 study from the Pew Charitable Trusts on factors that contribute to downward mobility in the United States and how they intersect with race and gender.
