Health care as a “market good”? Appendicitis as a case study
2012 study from the University of California, San Francisco, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine about large variations in health care costs in California hospitals.
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Do data breach disclosure laws reduce identity theft?
2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University on the effectiveness of laws requiring that consumers are informed when their personal data is compromised.
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Pew Research: Gender reversal on career aspirations
2012 metastudy by Pew Research Center synthesized the results of several surveys on employment statistics and attitudes toward work and quality of life
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The promise and perils of private voluntary regulation: Labor standards and work organization in two Mexican garment factories
2012 study from MIT and Inter-American Development Bank on the complexity of implementing labor standards and differential outcomes.
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The misperception of sexual interest
2012 study in Psychological Science on different dynamics for women and men in terms of attraction and self-assessment.
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Energy in the United States: Overview and key statistics
2012 report from the Congressional Research Service on U.S. energy production and consumption, with breakdowns of production and consumption by sector.
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Exploring Russian cyberspace: Collective action and the networked public sphere
2012 study by Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society on Russia’s relative Internet freedom.
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Casino revenues and retail property values: The Detroit case
2011 paper by Clemson University and College of Charleston on the impact of casinos on retail property values in Detroit, Michigan.
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Why is the teen birth rate in the U.S. so high and why does it matter?
2012 paper from the University of Maryland and Wellesley College on underlying factors that explain America’s relatively higher rates of teen childbearing.
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Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders: CDC 2012 report
2012 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the increasing rate of autism diagnoses across the Unites States.
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