Rising age gap in economic well-being
2011 report from the Pew Research Center on the growing wealth gap between households headed by younger versus older members.
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Narrow victories and hard games: Revisiting the primary divisiveness hypothesis
2010 study from the University of Wisconsin on how hard-fought presidential primaries unfold and their implications for the general election.
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Private equity and employment in the United States
2011 study for NBER uses data from the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business Database from 1980 to 2005 to assess the average outcomes of private equity buyouts
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Social selection and peer influence in an online social network
2011 study in PNAS on social networks and how friendships shape, or form around, shared tastes.
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Link between religion and helping others: Role of values, ideas and language
2011 study from DePaul University published in the journal Sociology of Religion exploring the relationship between religious values and altruistic, humanitarian behavior.
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Hospital incident reporting systems do not capture most patient harm
2012 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on hospital reporting rates and incidences of harm.
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Long-term impacts of teachers: Teacher value-added and student outcomes in adulthood
2011 study from Harvard and Columbia exploring the long-term impact on students of teachers with differing “value-added” ratings.
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Ideological segregation online and offline
2011 study from the University of Chicago on news consumers and content selection, highlighting the different levels of polarization in various contexts.
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Following the rules? Candidate strategy in presidential primaries
2009 paper in Presidential Election Studies on the allocation of campaign resources and correlations with available state delegates.
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Situational gamblers: Prospect theory and presidential campaign management
2011 study from Columbia University on how a psychological theory can help better interpret presidential campaign decisions.
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