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    Polling on the deficit: Why question order matters

    Polling organizations devote a great deal of attention to the wording of survey questions, but they need to be just as concerned about how questions are ordered. The context in which a specific question is asked, particularly what directly precedes a question in a telephone interview, often has an impact on the way people respond.

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    The link between parental leave and the gender pay gap

    It turns out that countries that offer more liberal parental leave policies tend to have higher wage gaps among men and women ages 30-34, according to analyses by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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    Americans Deeply Divided on Foreign Policy

    With national debates looming next year over Iran, Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, trade and China, continued partisan discord is probably unavoidable. What may be different this time is the shear depth of that partisan divide.

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    In Deficit Debate, Public Resists Cuts in Entitlements and Aid to Poor

    Survey Report As President Obama prepares to sign a bipartisan budget agreement that its proponents describe as a modest step toward addressing the deficit, the public shows little appetite for making some of the spending cuts often discussed as part of a broader “grand bargain” on the budget. The latest national survey by the Pew […]

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    Obama, Bush and the ‘second-term curse’

    Barack Obama and George Bush have at least one thing in common when it comes to the second terms they won — the first year of their encores have been downers when it came to their public images.

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    Global inequality: How the U.S. compares

    The U.S. has one of the most unequal income distributions among developed nations — even after taxes and transfer payments are taken into account.