Do high food prices increase food insecurity in the United States?
2013 study in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy on how higher local food prices correlate with higher food insecurity among the poor.
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“Teacher value-added”: Effects on students’ test scores, college attendance and earnings
2013 Harvard study seeking to quantify the short- and long-term impact of fourth- through eighth-grade teachers by observing them in multiple classrooms.
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U.S. military casualties and the costs of war: Iraq, Afghanistan and post-9/11 conflicts
2013 review of casualty and wounded statistics relating to the post-9/11 conflicts; also included are monetary cost estimates for total operations and veterans care.
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Open government and conflicts with public trust and privacy: Recent research ideas
2013 review of academic papers and articles relating to basic tensions between government openness and other competing public interest values.
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Effectiveness of paid sick days at reducing influenza transmission at work
2013 study by the University of Pittsburgh published in the American Journal of Public Health on the impact of paid sick days on influenza transmission.
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Women, work and work/life balance: Research roundup
2013 review of academic scholarship and government research on women, work and work/life balance.
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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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Misrepresentation of randomized controlled trials in press releases and news coverage
2012 study in PLoS Medicine on studies, associated press releases and media coverage to understand how accurately the research results were conveyed.
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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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