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Expert Commentary

Economics, Education

Lessons from a state-funded workplace literacy program

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 21, 2009 December 3, 2020

2009 study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research on effectiveness of workplace literacy training in 10 sites throughout Indiana.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education

Leaving welfare and joining the labor force: Does job training help?

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 18, 2009 December 3, 2020

2006 University of Santa Clara study on the effectiveness of New York City’s Employment Services and Placement job training program for welfare recipients.

Expert Commentary

Politics & Government

Do interest groups affect U.S. immigration policy?

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 15, 2009 December 17, 2020

2008 study by the International Monetary Fund quantifying if and how different groups influence immigration policy.

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Economics, Politics & Government

Immigration and labor market outcomes in the native elderly population

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 14, 2009 December 4, 2020

2008 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of immigration on labor market outcomes for native elderly workers.

Expert Commentary

Politics & Government

Effect of convenience voting on election outcomes

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 11, 2009 December 4, 2020

2011 study from University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University on the potential consequences of early voting methods.

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Economics, Media

Pew Internet and American Life Project: Teens and distracted driving

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 11, 2009 December 17, 2020

2009 paper by the Pew Internet and American Life Project on the rate of cell phone use while driving among American teenagers.

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Criminal Justice, Economics, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Neighborhood violence and urban youth

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 9, 2009 December 17, 2020

2009 National Bureau of Economic Research paper on the relationship between early exposure to violence and later problems such as substance abuse and delinquency.

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Economics, Environment, Politics & Government

Stabilizing and reducing U.S. energy consumption

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 4, 2009 December 17, 2020

2008 paper by the Widener University School of Law on approaches for realizing the potential benefits of energy efficiency in the United States.

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Education, Environment, Race & Gender

After-school programs’ potential and achievement

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 2, 2009 December 3, 2020

2008 review by the Harvard Family Research Project of available research on the relative benefits and required factors for success of after-school programs.

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Environment

Valuing the greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 1, 2009 December 17, 2020

2008 meta-study published in Energy Policy that examines more than 100 studies of greenhouse-gas emissions from nuclear power plants.

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