---
title: "Data Feed: Online sales taxes, interstate migration and the labor market, skepticism about the Big Bang"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-04-21"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/21/data-feed-online-sales-taxes-interstate-migration-and-the-labor-market-skepticism-about-the-big-bang/"
---

# Data Feed: Online sales taxes, interstate migration and the labor market, skepticism about the Big Bang

*A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.*

**Economy **[62% of Americans say they enjoy saving more than spending, continuing trend](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168587/americans-continue-enjoy-saving-spending.aspx), Gallup [Current expansion long-lasting yet lackluster](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626304579510070088630140?mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [At $680 billion, 2013 federal deficit was still larger than in 2008](http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45278), CBO [Declining interstate migration in U.S. tied to fewer job transitions](http://www.nber.org/papers/w20065.pdf?new_window=1), NBER [When states tax online sales, people buy less from Amazon, more from competitors](http://www.nber.org/papers/w20052.pdf?new_window=1), NBER

**Health & Society** [Domestic violence declined from 1994 to 2012](http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ndv0312.pdf), Bureau of Justice Statistics [30 of 40 states that support pre-K programs increased funding](http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/early-childhood/you-may-be-surprised-by-the-states-that-support-pre-k-20140417), National Journal [State/local money for higher education increased slightly in 2013](http://chronicle.com/article/StateLocal-Money-for/146123/), Chronicle of Higher Ed. [For first time, UC system admits more Hispanics than whites](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303825604579514030158706454?mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Large metros get int'l migrants, 'knowledge hubs' get domestic ones](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2014/04/2-very-different-migrations-driving-growth-us-cities/8873/), The Atlantic Cities [In 2013, 59% of people in immigration cases had legal representation](http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/undocumented-immigrants-are-lawyering-up-20140421), Nat'l Journal [Half of Americans aren't confident in the Big Bang theory](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/poll-big-bang-big-question-most-americans), [topline](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AP-GfK-March-2014-Poll-Topline-Final_SCIENCE.pdf), AP/GfK

**International **[Single moms are rarer in U.S. than in many European countries](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/20/5632028/in-france-and-sweden-most-kids-parents-arent-married), Vox [In Germany, racist feelings affected by feelings about their economic circumstances](http://www.nber.org/papers/w20059.pdf?new_window=1), NBER [In Oceania, most murders are with sharp objects; in Americas, guns](http://www.businessinsider.com/the-americas-extreme-gun-problem-in-one-chart-2014-4), Business Insider

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