State and local immigration enforcement in the United States
2011 study by the Migration Policy Institute on the state and local enforcement of the federal 287(g) section of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act.
Race & Gender
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
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How does your kindergarten classroom affect your earnings?
2010 study from Harvard, Northwestern, and the University of California, Berkeley, researchers on the potential long-term effects of high-quality early education.
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Epidemiology of HIV infection in large urban areas in the United States
2010 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others on HIV/AIDS trends and ways to improve prevention and treatment programs.
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Physical activity and weight gain prevention
2010 study by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and others on the relationship between different amounts of physical activity and weight changes.
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Effect of screening mammography on breast-cancer mortality
2010 Harvard School of Public Health study on the relative effectiveness of regular mammography screening on breast-cancer mortality.
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Disparities in obesity patterns among adolescents
2010 study by researchers from UCSF, the University of Oklahoma and UC Berkeley on the prevalence of obesity among California public school students.
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Change in prevalence of hearing loss in adolescents
Study by researchers from Harvard, Vanderbilt and Brigham and Women’s Hospital on the rate of hearing loss among U.S. adolescents.
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Unauthorized immigrants and their U.S.-born children
2010 report by the Pew Hispanic Center on the characteristics of unauthorized immigrants’ families, parenting status and their children.
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Disparities faced by boys and men of color in California
2009 RAND Corporation study on the disparities between Latino and African-American males and their white counterparts in California.
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Geographic variation in the gender differences in test scores
2010 paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on how the disparity in men’s and women’s math and verbal test scores might be explained by state or regional differences.
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