Lessons from a state-funded workplace literacy program
2009 study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research on effectiveness of workplace literacy training in 10 sites throughout Indiana.
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Leaving welfare and joining the labor force: Does job training help?
2006 University of Santa Clara study on the effectiveness of New York City’s Employment Services and Placement job training program for welfare recipients.
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Do interest groups affect U.S. immigration policy?
2008 study by the International Monetary Fund quantifying if and how different groups influence immigration policy.
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Immigration and labor market outcomes in the native elderly population
2008 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of immigration on labor market outcomes for native elderly workers.
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Effect of convenience voting on election outcomes
2011 study from University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University on the potential consequences of early voting methods.
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Pew Internet and American Life Project: Teens and distracted driving
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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Neighborhood violence and urban youth
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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Stabilizing and reducing U.S. energy consumption
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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After-school programs’ potential and achievement
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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Valuing the greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power
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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