The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India
2012 study from the London School of Economics on differences between China and India in terms of business innovation.
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Research chat: Harvard’s Gary King on data, social science and media connections
2012 interview with Harvard University political scientist and data expert Gary King, on connections between social science and data journalism.
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Early impact of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage of young adults
2012 study in Health Research Services showing that 1.2 million young adults gained health insurance in the first year after passage of the new legislation.
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Exit polls: Better or worse since the 2000 election?
2008 paper from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center reviews the history of exit polls in the United States and examines their evolution and emerging problems.
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Recommendations for improving Election Night coverage: Keeping the lessons of 2000 alive
Article and tip sheet for news media doing election night coverage, aggregating key lessons learned from the 1968 and 2000 elections.
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Voting, polling problems and media coverage on Election Day: Research roundup
2012 review of research on Election Day-related issues.
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Is choice a panacea? Black secondary student attrition from private charters and urban districts
2011 study from the University of Texas and Rice University in the Berkeley Review of Education on African-Americans’ charter school attrition rates.
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Why do (some) city police departments enforce federal immigration law?
2012 study in Journal of Public Administration Research about variation in local enforcement of immigration laws.
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Do Latino Christians and seculars fit the “culture war” profile? Latino religiosity and politics
2012 study by the University of Southern Mississippi in the journal Politics and Religion on religion and politics in the Latino community.
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Courting Christians: How candidates prime religious considerations in campaign ads
2012 study from Louisiana State University in The Journal of Politics on the impact of religious messaging in political advertisements.
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