What is Big Data? Research roundup, reading list
2013 research review on the growing ability of computers to gather, analyze, link and compare large data sets, with a look at the deep implications for how the information business may evolve.
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Social media in the workplace: Research roundup
2013 collection of scholarship on social media and the workplace, including recruitment and screening, the employee-employer relationship and legal issues.
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Mobile leapfrogging and digital divide policy
2013 paper from the New America Foundation on existing scholarship on mobile phone use in the developing world that critically examines the potential downsides.
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Declining influence of the United States Constitution
2012 study in New York University Law Review on the similarity between the U.S. Constitution and other international constitutions between 1946-2006.
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Delayed enrollment and college plans: Is there a postponement penalty?
2013 study in The Journal of Higher Education on how taking time off before entering post-secondary education hurts some students and helps others.
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Land use change in the Western Corn Belt threatens grasslands and wetlands
2013 study published in PNAS on the rate and type of land conversion in the corn-growing areas of the Midwest and the impacts on erosion, wildlife and watersheds.
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Obesity and all-cause mortality among black adults and white adults
2012 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that finds health risks are different in terms of obesity for African-American and white adults.
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Real estate values, stock markets and consumer spending, 1975-2012
2013 paper for the NBER on the relationship between household income, consumption, house wealth and the stock market.
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When you just cannot get away: Technology and work-life spillover
2013 study in Information, Communication & Society on the rates at which frequent users of communications technologies report work-life conflicts.
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College student engagement and early career earnings
2013 study in the Review of Higher Education on relationship between engagement during college can help explain future earnings patterns.
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