Expanding Medicaid is cost-effective and popular, so why are so many states resisting?
2014 research brief on the reasons behind some states’ resistance to the expansion of Medicaid, by Colleen M. Grogan of the University of Chicago.
Race & Gender
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
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Testing exclusionary attitudes toward immigrants: Research on intergroup contact
2014 study from Harvard that shows how contact with others of different backgrounds can affect majority community attitudes.
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Disadvantages of America’s prison boom: Research brief
2013 research overview of prison rates in America and their social consequences, by Bruce Western, Harvard University, and Becky Pettit, University of Washington, Seattle.
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Gender and development in Africa: Roundup of recent research
2014 review of research and data on gender and African women, including four new papers in the Journal of African Economies.
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Syllabus: Reporting race, gender and diversity in America
Semester-long course on how to fairly and ethically cover diverse communities, which can often include not only race and ethnicity, but also religion, sexual orientation, national origin and more.
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Women in the U.S. military and combat roles: Research roundup
2012 research review of relevant studies and data relating to the issues facing U.S. servicewomen.
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U.S. poverty and inequality: 2014 overview and research trends
2014 report from Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality summarizing recent research to paint a fuller picture of the nation’s economic health.
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Poverty among women in the United States: A primer
2013 report by the National Council for Research on Women based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and other sources.
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No strength in numbers: The failure of big-city bills in American state legislatures
2013 study in American Political Science Review on the reasons behind the difficulties big cities face in getting their legislation passed in state assemblies. Includes 120 years of data.
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Does legalized prostitution increase human trafficking?
A 2013 study in World Development investigating the effect of legalized prostitution on human trafficking.
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