Impact of teacher-parent communication: Research on “underutilized potential”
2014 paper from Harvard and Brown showing how richer teacher-to-parent messages can improve student outcomes, including increased course credits and lower dropout rates.
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What are the demographic characteristics of unauthorized immigrants versus legal immigrants?
2014 study in the Journal of Population Economics exploring the demographic differences between authorized and unauthorized immigrants in the United States.
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How perceptions of gender shape political knowledge and activism: The case of female U.S. Senators
2014 study from Arizona State University published in the Journal of Politics showing the strong gender effect of female senators on women voters and their engagement in politics.
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Linking income inequality and violent crime: Data from Mexico’s “drug war”
2014 study from Princeton University and the World Bank showing how rising inequality was linked with increased rates of violent crime in Mexico.
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Political effects of the Spanish language in the United States: Survey experiments and demographic analysis
2014 study in Political Communication that uses survey experiments and voter analysis to show different political responses to Spanish among Democrats and Republicans.
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Global health goals: Mixed evidence and troubling patterns of inequality
2014 study from the World Bank and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, analyzing public health gains by developing nations and weighing evidence of growing inequality on some measures.
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The impact of summer youth employment on academic outcomes
2014 study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management showing the later education benefits of summer jobs programs for students.
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The pen is mightier than the keyboard: Advantages of longhand over laptop note taking
2014 paper published in Psychological Science that uses three experiments to compare the ability of students to remember and understand information depending on how they take notes.
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Revisiting the state and federal income tax effects of legalizing same-sex marriages
2014 study published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management that explores the state and federal tax consequences of legalizing same-sex marriage.
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When and why minority legislators matter
2014 study in the Annual Review of Political Science assessing whether officeholders of racial or ethnic minorities better represents the interests of constituents from those minorities.
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