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Expert Commentary

Economics, Environment, Media, Politics & Government

Impact of mobile phone coverage on market participation: Evidence from Uganda

by Katie Gleason | June 28, 2012

2009 study from the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies in World Development on how mobile technology can help farmers thrive.

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Economics, Environment, Health

Air pollutants from automotive traffic act on glutamatergic neurons

by Leighton Walter Kille | June 27, 2012

2011 study in Environmental Health Perspectives on responses in rodent brains to particulate matter from highway traffic.

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Economics

Strong ties, weak ties and islands: Structural and cultural predictors of organizational innovation

by Bakary Seckan | June 26, 2012

2002 paper in Industrial and Corporate Change that examines innovation dynamics among more than 700 entrepreneurial teams attempting to start businesses.

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Economics, Education

Constrained after college: Student loans and early-career occupational choices

by Katie Gleason | June 25, 2012

2011 study by the U.C. Berkeley and Princeton University in the Journal of Public Economics on how student debt can affect early career choices.

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Criminal Justice, Economics, Environment, Politics & Government

Implications of immigration policies for U.S. farm sector and workforce

by Leighton Walter Kille | June 25, 2012

2011 study in Economic Inquiry on the effect of U.S. immigration policy on unauthorized immigrants from Mexico and subsequent economic impacts.

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Environment

Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic Coast of North America

by Leighton Walter Kille | June 25, 2012

2012 study in the journal Nature Climate Change on the rates of change in the ocean levels for the Northeastern United States.

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Media

The value of fame: Preadolescent perceptions of popular media and their future aspirations

by Margaret Weigel | June 22, 2012

2011 study by the University of California-Los Angeles in Developmental Psychology on tween values and media engagement.

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Economics

Is tourism a low-income industry? Evidence from three coastal regions

by Katie Gleason | June 20, 2012

2011 study by Clemson and Michigan State University on how revenue generated by tourism is distributed across different income groups.

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Advanced Internet research techniques: Five key lessons from Google

by John Wihbey | June 20, 2012

Overview of search lessons and techniques from Google, with a focus on how to locate scholarly and research-related resources.

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Economics, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Women’s well-being: Ranking America’s top 25 metro areas

by Margaret Weigel | June 20, 2012

2012 report by the Social Science Research Council on comparative well-being levels for women living in the metropolitan United States.

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