World Bank government-reform projects: One-size-fits-all or adapted to their context?
2013 working paper by the Harvard Kennedy School that examines World Bank governance-related projects to see to what degree they’re adjusted to their context.
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Financial literacy, consumer education and economic outcomes
2013 study in the Annual Review of Economics on the individual and societal consequences of low levels of financial knowledge and possible solutions.
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A family-based training program and disadvantaged preschoolers
2013 study by University of Oregon and Willamette University on interventions to improve the selective attention of preschoolers from low-income families.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: October 2013
October 2013 review of six studies and reports that speak to issues such as Web analytics and news, social media data and balancing financial concerns with editorial standards.
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Natural disasters, Hurricane Sandy and recovery efforts in the U.S.: Research roundup
2012 literature review of research and analysis relating to disaster recovery in the United States, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2013 report on women’s earnings
Bureau of Labor 2013 report on women’s earnings in the United States, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.
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Citizen participation in municipal budgeting: Origins, practices, impact
2013 research review on participatory budgeting, including American Review of Public Administration study on its impact on organizational effectiveness.
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“Illegal,” “undocumented,” “unauthorized”: Issue frames and perceptions of immigrants
2013 study by Claremont Graduate University and University of California-Riverside on the role of language in framing immigration policy.
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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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