U.S. Census report: Income, poverty and health insurance
2011 report by the U.S. Census Bureau with data on health insurance coverage, income and poverty levels.
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Globally challenged: Are U.S. students ready to compete?
2011 Harvard study analyzing data from the Program for International Student Assessment on relative strength of U.S. students as compared to global peers.
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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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Unauthorized immigrant population: National and state trends, 2011
2011 report by the Pew Hispanic Center on demographic trends relating to undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office: 2011 report on criminal alien statistics
2011 GAO report on criminal activity by undocumented immigrants, their nationality and the estimated costs of such criminality to the United States.
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Are state caucuses for candidates bad for democracy?
2010 study in Political Science Quarterly on qualities and representative nature of U.S. primary election caucuses.
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Collective efficacy and major depression in urban neighborhoods
2011 study in American Journal of Epidemiology on how depression rates are affected by types and qualities of city neighborhoods.
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How ideological attitudes predict host society members’ attitudes toward immigrants
2010 study in Journal of Social Issues on global reception of new immigrants and cultural factors that produce negative attitudes toward them.
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Migrating to opportunities: How family migration motivations shape childrens’ academic trajectories
Study in Journal of Social Issues on differences in family priorities and learning outcomes for immigrant children.
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Greater transparency in death penalty decisions
2010 study by Pepperdine University School of Law published in Temple Law Review on prosecutorial procedures and the death penalty.
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