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Big pro-life families are shifting the abortion debate

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Big pro-life families shift the debate

 Kevern, A. & Freese, J., “Differential Fertility as a Determinant of Trends in Public Opinion about Abortion in the United States,” Northwestern University (July 2014).

Does inequality dampen ambition?

 Kearney, M. & Levine, P., “Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and the Decision to Drop Out of High School,” National Bureau of Economic Research (June 2014).

 Yeager, D. et al., “Boring but Important: A Self-Transcendent Purpose for Learning Fosters Academic Self-Regulation,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (forthcoming).

 Axt, J. et al., “The Rules of Implicit Evaluation by Race, Religion, and Age,” Psychological Science (forthcoming).

 Simpson, V. et al., “Evidence to Suggest that Women’s Sexual Behavior is Influenced by Hip Width Rather than Waist-to-Hip Ratio,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (forthcoming).


Kevin Lewis is an Ideas columnist.
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