Women, work and work/life balance: Research roundup
2013 review of academic scholarship and government research on women, work and work/life balance.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Women and STEM occupations: Retention rates and reasons for leaving
2013 paper from U.T. Austin and Cornell University in Social Forces comparing the retention of women working in STEM-related fields to those in non-STEM work.
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Long-term educational and economic impacts of increasing access to contraceptives
2013 working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between family planning access and long-term economic outcomes.
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Occupational gender segregation, social stratification and pay differences
2012 study published in the journal Sociology on the relationship between occupational segregation by gender and the extent of gender inequality.
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Reassessing the association between gun availability and homicide rates at the cross-national level
2011 study in the American Journal of Criminal Justice comparing gun availability and homicide rates across nations.
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The effect of CEO tenure on corporate investment and disinvestment
2013 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between corporate investment and disinvestment rates and CEO tenure in the United States.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: September 2013
September 2013 review of new studies on news, social media and Internet-related behavior and patterns.
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The debt ceiling and a potential U.S. default: Background research
2013 selection of recent research on the possibility of a U.S. default on its debt and Congressional negotiations over raising the debt ceiling.
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Beyond guns and god: The complexities of the white working class in America
2012 report from the Public Religion Research Institute on the cultural and political beliefs of white working-class Americans.
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Federal government shutdown: Causes, processes and effects
2011 report by the Congressional Research Service on the details of a shutdown and the impact of the last such event, in 1995-1996
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