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
Latino
Expert Commentary
Implications of immigration policies for U.S. farm sector and workforce
2011 study in Economic Inquiry on the effect of U.S. immigration policy on unauthorized immigrants from Mexico and subsequent economic impacts.
Expert Commentary
Subsidized housing, public housing and adolescent violence and substance use
2012 study by Indiana University-Purdue University published in Youth & Society on public housing, violence and drug use among adolescents.
Expert Commentary
Individual, family and neighborhood characteristics and children’s food insecurity
2012 study in the Journal of Applied Research on Children on the characteristics of children and families living in food-insecure neighborhoods in the U.S.
Expert Commentary
The trend of class, race and ethnicity in social media inequality
2012 study from University of California, Berkeley, published in Information, Communications & Society analyzing levels of blogging among different racial groups.
Expert Commentary
U.S. incarceration and correctional population levels: U.S. Justice Department
2011 reports from the U.S. Department of Justice with census of imprisoned and paroled persons.
Expert Commentary
Impact of low-skilled immigration on the youth labor market
2012 study in the Journal of Labor Economics at the University of Chicago on the relationship between youth unemployment and immigration.
Expert Commentary
Women see value and benefits of college, while men lag on both fronts
2011 report by the Pew Research Center on attitudes behind the gender gap in undergraduate enrollment and degree attainment.
Expert Commentary
Cause of death affects racial classification on death certificates
2011 study conducted by University of California, Irvine, on the discrepancies between individuals’ reported race at birth and death and the possible role of the cause of death.
Expert Commentary
Lost economic value of unemployed or underemployed youth
2012 study on the financial implications of an underutilized youth population.
Expert Commentary