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Expert Commentary

Economics, Environment

Financial performance of the major oil companies, 2007-2011

by John Wihbey | March 2, 2012

2012 Congressional Research Service report on business results for the five biggest U.S. oil companies over the past five years.

Expert Commentary

Research chat: Scholarship and blogging “across the pond”; the view from LSE

by John Wihbey | March 2, 2012

An excerpt from a 2012 blog posting about research communications, by the London School of Economics’ “Impact of Social Sciences” site.

Expert Commentary

Media, Politics & Government

Misinformation and fact-checking: Research findings from social science

by John Wihbey | March 1, 2012

2012 New America Foundation report on cognitive and psychological phenomena that make the task of journalistic corrections difficult.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Health, Politics & Government

Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: A systematic analysis

by Christopher Olver | February 28, 2012

2012 meta-study from the University of Washington and the University of Queensland on estimates of global malaria mortality rates over the past three decades.

Expert Commentary

Diverse U.S. population (iStock)
Politics & Government, Race & Gender

End of the segregated century: Racial separation in America’s neighborhoods, 1890-2010

by Leighton Walter Kille | February 28, 2012

2012 report by the Manhattan Institute on the historical evolution in the racial segregation of neighborhoods in the United States.

Expert Commentary

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Criminal Justice, Health, Politics & Government

Psychological costs of war: Military combat and mental health

by Christopher Olver | February 27, 2012

2011 study by the Georgia State and San Diego State on the psychological costs associated with PTSD in service members returning from the post-9/11 conflicts.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education, Race & Gender

Beyond the classroom: Using Title IX to measure the return to high school sports

by Leighton Walter Kille | February 26, 2012

2010 paper by the University of Michigan for the National Bureau of Economic Research examining the effect in later life of girls’ participation in sports.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

by John Wihbey | February 23, 2012

2012 United Nations panel report on human rights violations by the Syrian government and military.

Expert Commentary

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Economics, Race & Gender

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook

by Margaret Weigel | February 23, 2012

2012 publication by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on women in the workplace, 1979-2010.

Expert Commentary

Women executives (iStock)
Economics, Race & Gender

Gender gap in executive compensation: The role of female directors and CEOs

by Pratibha Joshi | February 23, 2012

2012 study from the University of Illinois on the relationship between female representation in compensation committees, the presence of female CEOs, and the reduction of gender wage disparities.

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