Prof. Leah Platt Boustan's data showed that the immigrants in the past already arrived looking pretty good relative to natives so there wasn’t much of a gap on average to close.
Link: http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/04/27/past-immigrants-had-it-easier-than-todays-newcomers/
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Prof. Leonardo Bursztyn's research study on the effect of peer pressure on educational investments among Hispanic high school students was mentioned in the news article.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/30/meet-the-economist-who-grew-up-among-crack-dealers-and-won-a-mini-nobel-for-his-research-on-race/
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Prof. Gary Gate's report on the LGBT community was mentioned in the news article.
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/04/28/bruce-jenner-transition-how-many-americans-are-transgender/
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Graduate student Sung Park won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, “Homeleaving During the Transition to Adulthood: A Comparison of Two American Cohorts”.
Graduate student Goleen Samari won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, "Cross Border…
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Prof. Till von Wachter's peer review on labor and employment, Beacon Economics, and the Economic Roundtable was mentioned in the podcast.
Link: http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/30/51365/new-report-puts-more-momentum-behind-l-a-minimum-w/
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The following new job listing has been posted in the ASA Job Bank and may be of interest to section members:
Job ID: 11082
Institution: Pew Research Center
Department: Human Resources
Title: Survey Research Methodologist
Position/Rank: Open
Areas/Special…
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Job description and selection criteria
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Officer in Sociology and Social Policy
Division: Social Sciences
Department: Social Policy and Intervention
Location: Barnett House, 32 Wellington Square, Oxford
Grade…
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Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
FREE DATA WORKSHOP, STIPENDS AVAILABLE DIGGING INTO THE NSECE: EXPLOITING THE POTENTIAL OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND PROVIDER DATA FILES FROM THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION (NSECE)
July…
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Prof. Beate Ritz's research indicates that the biggest concern for seniors involves the 46 percent increase in mini-strokes.
Article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102617527/print/1/displaymode/1098/
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Prof. Gary Gates is the Williams Institute’s inaugural Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director.
Article: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/william-s-institute-s-gary-gates-blachford-cooper-distinguished-scholar-and-research-director
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Prof. Leah Platt Boustan is quoted in the Voice of America
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