Maternity leave and children’s cognitive and behavioral development
2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the link between child development outcomes and the length of a mother’s maternity leave.
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Making the news: Movement organizations, media attention and the public agenda
2010 study in American Sociological Review on characteristics of social advocacy organizations and their level of media attention.
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School-based early childhood education and age-28 well-being
2011 report by the University of Minnesota and University of Missouri on long-term outcomes for participants in early child-parent education programs.
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Equal opportunity objectification? The sexualization of men and women on the cover of Rolling Stone
2011 study by SUNY-Buffalo published in Sexuality and Culture on depictions of women over time in a prominent, trend-setting media space in popular culture.
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The frequency of wars
2011 study by the University of Warwick and Humboldt University on the rate of global conflict over the past 130 years
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Globalization, structural change and productivity growth
2011 Tufts and Harvard Kennedy School study on structural changes within the labor sector of developing countries and whether they promote economic growth.
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Google effects on memory: Cognitive consequences of having information at our fingertips
2011 study by Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard on effects of Internet search engines on human memory.
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Comparing the cell phone driver and drunk driver
An AEI-Brookings Joint Center study published in 2004 that assesses the comparative risks of cell phone use and consuming alcohol on drivers’ performance.
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Changes in diet and lifestyle and long-term weight gain
2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on patterns of food consumption and exercise and their lifetime effects on body weight.
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False label claims about high and rising alcohol content of wine
2011 study by the American Association of Wine Economists on accuracy of stated levels of alcohol content in wine and the possible role of climate change.
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