Transit access and zero-vehicle households
2011 report by the Brookings Institute’s Metropolitan Policy Program on the transit options of U.S. households without private vehicles.
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Downward mobility from the middle class: Waking up from the American dream
2011 study from the Pew Charitable Trusts on factors that contribute to downward mobility in the United States and how they intersect with race and gender.
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Do high flyers maintain their altitude? Performance trends of top students
2011 study on high level of academic performance over time, and how these students compared to their mid- and lower-level peers.
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Partisan conflict and Congressional approval ratings
2009 study in the American Journal of Political Science on partisan conflict in Congress and public approval ratings over time.
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Who never receives Social Security benefits?
2011 paper by the federal Office of Retirement Policy analyzes demographic information for “never-beneficiaries” aged 62 to 84.
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Final report on the causes of BP’s Macondo Well blowout
2011 final report from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement on British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Census Bureau graphic: Recession and median income
2011 Census Bureau report updating figures on American households through 2010, including income, poverty and health.
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Food crises and political instability in North Africa and the Middle East
2011 paper correlates incidences of social unrest (as identified by news reports) with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization global food price index.
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U.S. Census report: Income, poverty and health insurance
2011 report by the U.S. Census Bureau with data on health insurance coverage, income and poverty levels.
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If money doesn’t make you happy, then you probably aren’t spending it right
2011 study in the Journal of Consumer Psychology on the dynamics between measurements of happiness and personal finance.
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