Cities, skills and wages in the United States
2012 study by the University of Toronto on the relationship between the skills used in a job and the salary for that job in a city of a given size.
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Optimal Sampling of News Organizations’ Paid Content
2011 paper from the Columbia Business School on paywall strategies for news organizations’ online content.
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Women see value and benefits of college, while men lag on both fronts
2011 report by the Pew Research Center on attitudes behind the gender gap in undergraduate enrollment and degree attainment.
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Do voters perceive negative campaigns as informative campaigns?
2010 study in American Politics Research on whether negative advertisements may have a constructive role for voters.
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Messages that mobilize? Issue publics and the content of campaign advertising
2008 study by George Washington University and the University of Texas at Austin on political advertisements and effects on voter groups.
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Opinion formation, polarization and presidential reelection
2009 study from Duke and Wisconsin in Presidential Studies Quarterly on the relationship between political polarization and presidential reelection.
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Minority vulnerability in privileged occupations: African-American financial advisers
2012 study by the University of Illinois, Chicago, on dynamics behind wage disparities between whites and African-Americans at a financial services firm.
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Mormons in America: Certain in their beliefs, uncertain of their place in society
2012 study from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life on Mormon attitudes on religion, politics and American society.
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How do phone and Internet surveys compare?
2011 study from Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, University Chicago and LinChiat Chang Consulting in Public Opinion Quarterly on survey sampling and accuracy.
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Social selection and peer influence in an online social network
2011 study in PNAS on social networks and how friendships shape, or form around, shared tastes.
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