Who pays for public employee health costs? Data analysis
2014 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research showing how increases in health care costs for public sector workers are addressed by government.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
2014 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research showing how increases in health care costs for public sector workers are addressed by government.
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Review of new federal report and other studies relating to the homeless population in the United States and providing insight into demographic characteristics and trends.
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2014 study in Public Understanding of Science that explores how ostensibly “scientific” graphical elements in a medication ad can increase consumers’ belief in its effectiveness.
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A 2014 paper from the Harvard Kennedy School on the impact of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, a key media outlet for the Tutsi-led government, on violence and killings of the Tutsi minority.
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2014 study in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research on attitudes toward the United States in sub-Saharan Africa and why, overall, they tend to be more positive that in many other parts of the world.
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Data and research published in American Political Science Review relating to the period 1990-2010, when the West saw an estimated 1,000 persons become Islamist foreign fighters.
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2011 study from the University of Toronto and London School of Economics on the relationship between infrastructure and automotive traffic levels.
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2014 study published in Perspectives on Politics analyzing the relative influence of economic elites, interest groups and voters on the passing of public policies.
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2014 study in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory on how companies decide to comply environmental regulations in developing countries.
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2013-14 reports and studies that rank the degree of integrity of voting worldwide, providing perspective on America’s recent questions over voting, redistricting and campaign-finance laws.
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