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InfographicSequestration in the States
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InteractiveElections Performance Index
Recent RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
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- Pre-K Now
The Pre-K Pinch
This report reveals that eligibility requirements and prohibitively high costs lead such families to sacrifice basic household needs to pay for early education and care for their children, or to settle for low-quality options with unproven benefits.
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- Research & Analysis
- Economic Mobility Project
U.S. Intragenerational Economic Mobility From 1984 to 2004
This 2008 report, U.S. Intragenerational Economic Mobility from 1984 to 2004: Trends and Implications, explored how Americans have moved up and down the income ladder over the last two decades, and whether it has been more difficult for Americans to get and stay ahead in the last decade. The report focused on intragenerational mobility: how individuals change economic positions within their own lifetimes.
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- Election Initiatives
Being Online Is Not Enough
This 2008 report examined election websites' usability and found that when voters cannot easily locate information online, limited resources are diverted to operate costly help lines.
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- Election Initiatives
MVW Bipartisan Poll Results in Support for Military and Overseas Voting
This September 2008 poll showed that 81% of Americans favor creating a uniform national set of rules for military and overseas voters.
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- Election Initiatives
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
The problems faced by overseas civilians, military personnel, and their dependents—individuals covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)—have existed since the nation's founding. This September 2008 CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project Working Paper examined the state of research related to UOCAVA voters.
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August 1, 2008
Evaluation of HOPE Probation
Preliminary findings show that probationers assigned to a HOPE caseload perform significantly better than criminal offenders assigned to probation-as-usual.
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July 28, 2008
Getting in Sync
Some offenders need to be put in prison. Others can be managed safely on probation in the community. This 2008 report looks at how judges and prosecutors often face the difficult task of figuring out what to do with defendants who don’t fit cleanly into either group.
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- Research & Analysis
- Economic Mobility Project
Pathways to Economic Mobility
The Economic Mobility Project’s 2008 report explored some of the key factors that affect the likelihood that a person will move up or down the economic ladder over time. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States
This report introduces two new and flexible measures to examine upward relative economic mobility.
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May 21, 2008
Ten Steps Corrections Directors Can Take to Strengthen Performance
This 2008 report highlighted strategies that strengthen prison operations and, ultimately, cut crime and tame spiraling prison costs.
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