Do interest groups affect U.S. immigration policy?
2008 study by the International Monetary Fund quantifying if and how different groups influence immigration policy.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
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Immigration and labor market outcomes in the native elderly population
2008 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of immigration on labor market outcomes for native elderly workers.
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Effect of convenience voting on election outcomes
2011 study from University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University on the potential consequences of early voting methods.
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Neighborhood violence and urban youth
2009 National Bureau of Economic Research paper on the relationship between early exposure to violence and later problems such as substance abuse and delinquency.
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Stabilizing and reducing U.S. energy consumption
2008 paper by the Widener University School of Law on approaches for realizing the potential benefits of energy efficiency in the United States.
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Impact of railway stations on property value
2007 meta-analysis by Amsterdam University of U.S. and international studies on transit stations’ effect on property values.
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Bus versus rail: Costs, capacities and impacts
2009 University of Texas metastudy on the cost, operational characteristics, and land-use impacts of different mass-transit technologies.
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Smoking bans and heart-attack rates
2009 meta-analysis by the Institute of Medicine of 11 U.S. and European studies on the health effects of smoking bans.
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Red-light cameras for the prevention of road traffic crashes
2005 Imperial College London review of the available scholarship on the impact of red-light cameras on automotive crashes.
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After financial firms collapse: Bankruptcy or bailouts?
2009 University of Pennsylvania Law School research paper looking at the trade-offs between the two options.
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