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Expert Commentary

Economics

Good government means different things in different countries

by John Wihbey | May 17, 2011

2010 study by Harvard Kennedy School of Government published in the journal Governance on how good governance models vary globally.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education, Health

Family income and child brain growth

by Rozanne Larsen | May 16, 2011

2011 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University published in the online journal Plos ONE on impacts of poverty on child brain growth.

Expert Commentary

Psychological trends and popular U.S. song lyrics

by Christopher Olver | May 16, 2011

2011 study in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts on pop music lyrical trends and wider psychological changes.

Expert Commentary

Media, Politics & Government

Community information and civic engagement

by Rozanne Larsen | May 13, 2011

2011 survey by Pew, Knight and Monitor Institute on how information sharing can spur community engagement and satisfaction.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Environment, Politics & Government

U.S. EPA: Energy-efficiency limits by housing location, type

by John Wihbey | May 12, 2011

2011 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on how building location factors into the total cost of household energy use.

Expert Commentary

Economics

Outlook for stocks, equity in the coming decade

by Christopher Olver | May 12, 2011

2011 report by Boston College on underlying trends in stock values and the outlook for personal retirement investments.

Expert Commentary

Media, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Politicized places: When immigrants provoke opposition

by John Wihbey | May 11, 2011

2011 study in American Political Science Review on the societal conditions that spur anti-immigrant sentiment.

Expert Commentary

Education, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Causes of gender differences in political knowledge

by Rozanne Larsen | May 11, 2011

2009 study by the University of Missouri in Political Behavior on the origins of the male-female divide in knowledge of politics.

Expert Commentary

Economics

Best car safety seat positioning for children

by John Wihbey | May 10, 2011

2007 study in Injury Prevention on car seat positioning and safety outcomes for children.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Health

Assessment of the “golden hour” for emergency medical services

by John Wihbey | May 10, 2011

2009 study in Annals of Emergency Medicine on medical service response times and survival rates among trauma victims.

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