Migrating to opportunities: How family migration motivations shape childrens’ academic trajectories
Study in Journal of Social Issues on differences in family priorities and learning outcomes for immigrant children.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
Study in Journal of Social Issues on differences in family priorities and learning outcomes for immigrant children.
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2011 U.S. Government report on the challenges facing the Social Security system and its ability to meet its obligations to retirees and those on disability.
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2011 report from the World Health Organization on progress in meeting the U.N.’s health-related Millennium Development Goals.
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2011 study by the Brookings Institution on how well U.S. public-transportation networks line up with the needs of workers and commuters.
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2010 study by Perspectives on Politics on Internet usage and patterns of participatory inequality in American politics.
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2011 study by Arizona State University published in Current Anthropology how body norms and fat stigma are evolving worldwide.
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2011 survey by Pew, Knight and Monitor Institute on how information sharing can spur community engagement and satisfaction.
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2011 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on how building location factors into the total cost of household energy use.
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2011 study in American Political Science Review on the societal conditions that spur anti-immigrant sentiment.
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2009 study by the University of Missouri in Political Behavior on the origins of the male-female divide in knowledge of politics.
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