Who doesn’t value English? Debunking myths about Mexican immigrants’ attitudes
2012 study in Social Science Quarterly on the importance that U.S. immigrants, particularly from Mexico and Latin America, placed on learning English
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Social influence in televised election debates: A potential distortion of democracy
2011 study by Royal Holloway University and the University of Bristol on how real-time displays of audience response to a live debate can influence undecided voters.
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Pew Research: Gun rights, abortion, gay marriage views over time
2012 Pew Research Center report with new survey information from more than 3,000 people on social issues and historical comparative data.
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Net migration from Mexico falls to zero — and perhaps less
2012 report by the Pew Hispanic Center on the rate of migrations between Mexico and the United States over the last 160 years as well as the present.
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Demand for health insurance among uninsured Americans
2012 study from Princeton University on the number of uninsured Americans who might participate in reform efforts.
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Student loans: Do college students borrow too much — or not enough?
2012 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the consequences and dynamics of assuming student loan debt.
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2012 Social Security and Medicare trustees report
2012 report from the federal government on the solvency and long-term forecasts of entitlement programs in the United States.
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Shifting public opinion on climate change: Factors influencing concern in the U.S.
2012 study from Drexel University, McGill University and Ohio State University in Climate Change on the drivers of U.S. public sentiment on global warming.
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Private equity and employment in the United States
2011 study for NBER uses data from the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business Database from 1980 to 2005 to assess the average outcomes of private equity buyouts
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Research Supplemental Poverty Measure, 2010: Consumer income
2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau with revisions to poverty measures and their impact on U.S. poverty levels.
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