Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers on the topic of race

Economics, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Skilled immigration and economic growth

by Leighton Walter Kille | May 11, 2009 December 17, 2020

2008 Harvard, Duke and University of California study on the contributions of highly skilled and educated immigrants to the United States economy.

Editors’ Picks

Economics, Education, Health, Media

What’s standard deviation? 4 things journalists need to know

August 11, 2022

Not sure what ‘standard deviation’ is or why it matters in academic research? We outline four key things journalists need to know about this common measure.

Health

Loneliness among older people: A research roundup and 5 tips for covering the topic

July 5, 2022

Questions about the health effects of loneliness have motivated an explosion of new research over the past few years, particularly since social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised new fears about loneliness levels worldwide.

Economics, Health, Race & Gender

‘Deaths of despair’: Research on opioid crisis origins and the link between minimum wages and suicide reduction

January 19, 2022

Recent research details the rise of OxyContin in the U.S. and how three pieces of paper spared some parts of the country from the worst of the opioid crisis.