Obesity and all-cause mortality among black adults and white adults
2012 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that finds health risks are different in terms of obesity for African-American and white adults.
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Labor markets, politics and the historical basis of black economic fortunes
2011 paper from the University of Chicago consolidating previous scholarship that explores ongoing employment and earnings disparities for African-Americans.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Consumer intentions on two major shopping days
2012 study from Kansas State published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and customer preferences.
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Is choice a panacea? Black secondary student attrition from private charters and urban districts
2011 study from the University of Texas and Rice University in the Berkeley Review of Education on African-Americans’ charter school attrition rates.
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Sex and race: Are black candidates more likely to be disadvantaged by sex scandals?
2010 study in Political Behavior examines how voters respond to hypothetical sex scandals involving a white and black candidate.
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Black gender gap in education: Historical trends and racial comparisons
2011 study in the journal Demography examining the higher education completion rates for black men and women between 1940 and 2000.
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Wealth gaps rise to record highs among whites, blacks and Hispanics
2011 report by the Pew Research Center compared data from the Survey of Income Program and Participation (SIPP) in 2005 and 2009.
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Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone
Report by the U.N. Environment Program and World Meteorological Organization on the impact of black carbon and other substances on the climate and health.
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