America and China: Global images of the world’s two largest economies
2013 Pew Research Center report on global attitudes toward China and America, and various trends among different regions.
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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The genetics of political orientations: Review of the evolving field of “genopolitics”
2013 review of studies on the connection between human genes and political preferences. Research from both political scientists and geneticists are reviewed.
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Explaining rape during civil war: Cross-national evidence (1980-2009)
2013 study by the Harvard Kennedy School published in the American Political Science Review on possible causes to variation in rapes during 86 major conflicts.
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Human appropriation of global production in the 20th century
2013 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on long-term trends in human consumption of global biosystems production.
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Computer usage and access in low-income urban communities
2013 study from USC showing the promise and challenges involved in a program providing access to computers to low-income residents in Los Angeles.
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Microfinance and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa
2012 scholarly literature review regarding microfinance programs and their effects in developing African countries.
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A homeowner’s dilemma: Anchoring in real estate transactions
2013 study from the University of Pennsylvania that finds that, in general, over-pricing homes produces higher selling prices than under-pricing and hoping for a “bidding war.”
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Slowdown in the economic assimilation of immigrants
2013 study from Harvard University for the National Bureau of Economic Research on changes in the economic assimilation and mobility of U.S. immigrants .
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Do tax and expenditure limits hinder the condition of public infrastructure? The case of the nation’s system of bridges
2013 study on the relationship between the restrictiveness of state TELs and the condition of their bridges.
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Recovery in the U.S. housing market: Sales prices, new construction and renovation
2013 report by the Census Bureau on the state of new construction in the U.S. housing market in 2012, includng single-family homes and multifamily units.
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