Money, benefits and power: The “glass ceiling” and “glass escalator” hypotheses
2012 study by the City University of New York on the how the interaction of gender, race and ethnicity can produce wage and benefit inequality.
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Pew Research: Gun rights, abortion, gay marriage views over time
2012 Pew Research Center report with new survey information from more than 3,000 people on social issues and historical comparative data.
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Economic impact of stadiums and teams: The case of minor-league baseball
2011 study from the University of San Francisco in the Journal of Sports Economics on the effects of lowever-level baseball teams on community per-capita incomes.
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Religious beliefs, contact with gays and lesbians and opinions on same-sex marriage
2012 study from the University of Maryland published in Politics & Policy on how relationships with gay people can influence the views of religious individuals.
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Research chat: Pacific Standard editor Maria Streshinsky
Interview with Maria Streshinsky, editor of Pacific Standard magazine, which focuses on coverage of scholarly research.
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The public and private sectors in Vietnam, 1993-2006
2012 study in The World Bank Review on economic and income trends in Vietnam, as it transitioned to a more market-based model.
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Intimate partner violence and urban female adolescents
2009 study in Maternal and Child Health Journal on high rates of domestic violence against urban female teens.
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Opiate use by U.S. mothers and increases in neonatal abstinence syndrome
2012 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the tripling of rates of babies affected by maternal opiate use over the past decade.
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Impact of jury race and selection on verdicts in criminal trials
2012 study by Duke University published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics on the racial composition of a jury and criminal court outcomes.
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More than 7 million children live with a parent with alcohol problems
2012 report from the U.S. government’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality spotlighting data relating to children of alcoholics in the United States.
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