Influence of peer influence on smoking among Hispanic and Latino high school adolescents
2012 study from the University of Southern California and University of Texas on peer influence and teenage smoking habits among Hispanic high school students.
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Digital access to knowledge: Research chat with Harvard’s Peter Suber
2012 interview with open access scholar Peter Suber, who explains the state of online scholarship and free access to it.
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The effects of job strain and insecurity on women’s cardiovascular health
2012 study from Harvard and Yale in PLoS One on the increase in stress-related cardiovascular problems related to women’s workplace environment.
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Global protest, technology and social media: Research roundup
2012 review of scholarship on the Internet, social media and political activism around the world.
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Village-based schools: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Afghanistan
2012 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research on how village schools affect attendance rates and academic achievement.
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State policies and gender earnings inequality in the United States
2010 study in The Sociological Quarterly on how work environments and social policies may impact the gender wage gap.
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The influence of debate viewing context on political cynicism and strategic interpretations
2011 study from the University of Texas at Austin in American Behavioral Scientist on the impact of presidential debate viewing on cynicism levels.
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Wage and hour violations in urban labor markets
2012 study by the City University of New York and the University of California, Los Angeles, on labor-law violations in urban centers in the United States.
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Overcoming negative media coverage: Does government communication matter?
2012 study in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory on the relationship between proactive external communications efforts of government agencies and the subsequent media coverage.
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Unemployment and voter turnout
2012 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University on unemployment and voter turnout.
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