Prescription opioid drugs: What they cost and who pays
A study in Health Affairs suggests spending for prescription opioids tripled from 1999 to 2012 and that Medicare and Medicaid covered a growing portion of those costs.
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Cash assistance programs for the poor: How families use the money. A look at Kenya.
A study in The Quarterly Journal of Economics suggests poor families in Kenya spend most of the money received from charity on such things as home improvements and livestock, not alcohol and tobacco.
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Girls in blue-collar communities face poorer job prospects
Young women in blue-collar communities are less likely to have jobs eight years after high school than their peers in other areas, an American Sociological Review study finds.
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Writing about immigration? 12 studies to check out
Overview of recent studies on U.S. immigration issues, including the demographic traits of unauthorized residents and the empirical truths about exclusionary attitudes.
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Muslim Americans and cultural challenges: Research roundup
2016 collection of research and reports focusing on Muslim-Americans.
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The economic value of America’s national parks and National Park Service programs
2016 report from researchers at Colorado State and Harvard universities that provides the first overall assessment of the economic value of America’s national parks and programs offered by the National Park Service.
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Public attitudes toward a higher gas tax and other funding sources for transportation projects
2016 study in Public Finance Review that tries to gauge the public’s interest in new sources of revenue to fund road construction and maintenance.
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Tips for journalists working with math, statistics: A list of key resources
A 2016 list of math-related resources for media professionals of various experience and backgrounds.
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Global fisheries: Benefits, trade-offs of alternative approaches to recovering depleted fisheries
2016 study published in PNAS that looks at the benefits and drawbacks of alternative approaches to recovering depleted fisheries worldwide.
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Welfare reform and unemployment among young, low-skilled men
2016 study published in Demography that looks at how welfare reform policies aimed at getting more single mothers into the workforce affected employment among young men.
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