Using experiments to estimate the effects of education on voter turnout
2010 paper in American Journal of Political Science examining the possible link between education levels and voter turnout.
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Mom-and-pop meet big-box: Complements or substitutes?
2009 paper by the University of Maryland and the Center for Economic Studies on the effect of large chain retail stores on smaller retailers as well as local employment.
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The suburbanization of poverty: Trends in metropolitan America, 2000 to 2008
2009 Brookings Institution study on the nature of the increase in poverty in the United States between 2000 and 2008.
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Offshore wind power and transmission grid expansion
2010 study by researchers from the University of Delaware and Stony Brook University on the potential of large-scale wind-farm networks.
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Emissions and costs of electricity from coal, natural gas, wood pellets
2009 study published in Environmental Science and Technology on the costs and potential benefits of substituting biomass for coal to generate energy.
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Feature writing: Crafting research-based stories with characters, development and a structural arc
Semester-long syllabus that teaches students how to write stories with characters, show development and follow a structural arc.
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Basic newswriting: Learn how to originate, research and write breaking-news stories
Syllabus for semester-long course on the fundamentals of covering and writing the news, including how identify a story, gather information efficiently and place it in a meaningful context.
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Age Discrimination in Employment Act and population aging challenges
A 2008 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research paper looking at age discrimination in the U.S. and the ADEA’s historical effects
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Did U.S. highways cause suburbanization?
2008 Brown University paper examining the extent to which highways could explain rates of suburbanization within the U.S.
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Geographic and ethnic patterns of metropolitan planning boards
2006 paper by the Brookings Institution exploring the potential for bias in the structure of metropolitan planning organizations.
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