State policies and gender earnings inequality in the United States
2010 study in The Sociological Quarterly on how work environments and social policies may impact the gender wage gap.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
2010 study in The Sociological Quarterly on how work environments and social policies may impact the gender wage gap.
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2012 report in American Behavioral Scientist on behavioral challenges and kindergarten individual and classroom academic performance.
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2010 study from Cornell and Mississippi State on how Latinos are more segregated in new destination places, particularly in the suburbs and rural areas.
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2012 study from Standford University published in Developmental Psychology on ’tween girl digital media use and development.
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2012 examination of Census Bureau figures on poverty and aggregation of related resources for interpreting poverty data and policy.
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2011 study from Harvard University examining whether techniques used to raise scores in charter schools can be successfully transplanted to traditional public schools.
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2012 study in the Journal of Marriage and Family on the causes and effects of helicopter parenting .
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2012 study from the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on women, blogging and feelings of empowerment.
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2012 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on a range of long-lasting contraceptive options and their failure rates.
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2012 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) on oral contraceptive use and later declines in the gender wage gap.
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