Local government responses to fiscal stress: Evidence from the public education sector
2014 study in Public Administration Review on how K–12 public education fared during the recession to better understand the choices made by school districts
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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School resegregation, race and America’s future: Recent research
2013 review of studies that shed light on school segregation and demographic change more than a half-century after Brown vs. the Board of Education.
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The mortgage interest deduction: Its geographic distribution and policy implications
2014 report from the Congressional Research Service on the use of the current mortgage-interest deduction as well as four possible methods for reforming it.
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Effects of skilled immigration on U.S. employment
2013 study from Harvard, Wellesley and Johns Hopkins Universities on the varied effects of skilled immigration on employment and native workers.
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How to mitigate climate change: Key facts from the U.N.’s 2014 report
2014 study by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on ways that nations, states and municipalities can act to limit or reverse trends in CO2 emissions.
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Media bias, partisanship and what it means for democracy: Research chat and reading list
Highlights and audio from a series of 2014 seminars held at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a reading list of related work by the scholars, selected by Journalist’s Resource.
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Can citizen campaigns and voluntary standards make businesses socially responsible? Research brief
2014 review of research concludes that, in order to ensure corporate social responsibility, voluntary regulation proves inadequate.
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The struggle to restore voting rights for former prisoners: Research brief
2014 research brief on efforts to restore voting rights to former felons, by Michael Leo Owens of Emory University and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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First-time juvenile offenders, probation and recidivism: Evidence from Los Angeles
2014 study in Social Work Research on the varying rates of re-offending based on the punishment given to youths for criminal behavior.
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America’s rental housing: Evolving markets and needs
2013 study from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University examining rentals in the United States, including demographics, costs and public-policy challenges.
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