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    The Demography of Forced Migration: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    To explore a range of issues about internally displaced persons and refugees, the Committee on Population of the National Research Council organized a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration…

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    What’s Changing in Prosecution?: Report of a Workshop

    Committee on Law and Justice,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on…

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    Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

    Presents a summary of what is known about the demography of American Indian and Alaska Native population, their geographic distributions, household structure, employment, and disability and disease patterns. This volume…

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    Proceedings: Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs

    Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

    Describes the research on and experience with needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and their effects on rates of drug use, the behavior of injection drug users, and the spread…

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    Transforming Post-Communist Political Economies

    Task Force on Economies in Transition,National Research Council

    Focuses on the interaction between political, social, and economic change in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States. This book includes analytic papers, essays by scholars, and an…

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    Improving Theory and Research on Quality Enhancement in Organizations: Report of a Workshop

    National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

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    Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II Working Papers only

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing

    More than a million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves…

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    Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II Statistical Appendices only

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing

    More than a million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves…

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    Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior

    Panel on Retirement Income Modeling,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Brings together in one volume what researchers have learned about workers, employers, and retirees that is important for formulating retirement income policies. This volume covers such behaviors as workers’ decisions…

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    Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Working Group on the Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility,National Research Council

    Provides an examination of changes in adolescent fertility, emphasizing the social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.

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    Measuring the Government Sector of the U.S. Economic Accounts

    Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    This report had its origin in a Committee on National Statistics workshop in November 1993, one of a series on improving economic statistics, jointly sponsored by the Bureau of Economic…

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    Research and Education Reform: Roles for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement

    Richard C. Atkinson,Gregg B. Jackson

    Focuses on how the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the US Department of Education can better fulfill that mission in light of what is known about why…

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    Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Report of a Meeting

    Committee on Population,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This book of…

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    Effective Services for Young Children: Report of a Workshop

    Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Forum on the Future of Children and Families,National Research Council

    Describes the options and steps that could be taken to improve the situation through more effective services to children and families. Many of the leaders in efforts to improve services…

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    Providing National Statistics on Health and Social Welfare Programs in an Era of Change: Summary of a Workshop

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

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    Performance Assessment for the Workplace: Volume I

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel

    Analyzes the JPM experience in the context of human resource management policy in the military. It includes topics such as the development of performance measures, the relationship between predictor scores…

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    Preparing for the Workplace: Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy

    Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Reviews the state of postsecondary training for work in the United States, and addresses controversies about federal job policies, outlining a national approach to improved quality and accessibility in workplace…

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    Population Dynamics of Senegal

    Working Group on Senegal

    Part of the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa series, this volume examines key demographic changes in Senegal. It analyzes the changes in fertility and their causes, with comparisons to other…

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    Understanding Violence Against Women

    Panel on Research on Violence Against Women,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Identifies four areas with the potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: what interventions are designed to do, whom…

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    The Importance of Common Metrics for Advancing Social Science Theory and Research: A Workshop Summary

    Committee on Advancing Social Science Theory: The Importance of Common Metrics,National Research Council

    This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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    Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II: Working Papers and Statistical Appendices

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing

    More than a million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves…

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    Women’s Work, Men’s Work: Sex Segregation on the Job

    Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues,National Research Council

    Even though women have made substantial progress in a number of formerly male occupations, sex segregation in the workplace remains a fact of life. This volume probes pertinent questions: Why…

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    Assessing Policies for Retirement Income: Needs for Data, Research and Models

    Panel on Retirement Income Modeling,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Assesses what we know and recommends what we need to know to estimate the short- and long-term effects of policy alternatives. This book details gaps in data and research, and…

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    America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences

    Faith Mitchell,etc.

    Explores the trends among African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the context of a white majority. This volume presents the findings and analysis on racial and social…

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    Education for Tomorrow’s Jobs

    Committee on Vocational Education and Economic Development in Depressed Areas,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Deals with the ways in which vocational education can be strengthened to contribute to national education and economic goals. This book discusses changes in the economy and in the nature…

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    Nature’s Numbers: Expanding the National Economic Accounts to Include the Environment

    Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting,National Research Council

    Recommends how to incorporate environmental and other non-market measures into the nation’s income and product accounts. This work explores alternative approaches to environmental accounting and addresses thorny issues such as…

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    Teacher Supply, Demand and Quality: Policy Issues, Models and Data Bases

    Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines policy issues, projection models, and data bases pertaining to the supply of, demand for, and quality of teachers in the United States from kindergarten to twelfth grade. This book…

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    Making Policies for Children: A Study of the Federal Process

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Panel for the Study of the Policy Formation Process

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    Improving Data on America’s Aging Population: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    The Committee on National Statistics and the Committee on Population, at the request of the NIA, convened a workshop in March 1996 to discuss data on the aging population that…

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    Youth Development and Neighborhood Influences: Challenges and Opportunities

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

    On January 25, 1996, the Committee on Youth Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened a workshop to examine the implications of research on social settings for…

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    Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. This volume includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition…

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    Toward a Health Statistics System for the 21st Century: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council

    The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) convened a workshop on November 4-5, 1999, to identify new directions for health statistics and the implications for health data of changes in the…

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    In the Mind’s Eye: Enhancing Human Performance

    Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Considering the basic issues of performance, this book explores how techniques for quick learning affect long-term retention, whether an expert’s behaviour can serve as a model for beginners, and more…

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    Learning, Remembering, Believing: Enhancing Human Performance

    Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Addresses issues in learning and performance. This book presents theories and findings from a range of research settings: from pilots learning to fly to children learning about physics by throwing…

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    Improving Risk Communication: Working Papers

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources,Committee on Risk Perception and Communication

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    Modernizing the U.S.Census

    Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond,National Research Council,Committee on National Statistics

    Examines the traditional US census. This book evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census…

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    Preventing Teen Motor Crashes: Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Workshop Report

    National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

    From a public health perspective, motor vehicle crashes are among the most serious problems facing teenagers. Even after more than six months of being licensed to drive alone, teens are…

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    Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions

    Panel on Reproductive Health,National Research Council

    Addressing the design and delivery of reproductive health services, this volume presents lessons learned from past programs and offers principles for deciding how to spend limited available funds. It is…

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    Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States

    Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

    Looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. This book provides…

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    Through the Kaleidoscope: Viewing the Contributions of the Behavioral and Social Sciences to Health, the Barbara and Jerome Grossman Symposium

    Summary of the Institute of Medicine Symposium on Contributions of the Behavioral and Social Sciences to Health,National Research Council

    The importance of behavioral, social, economic, and environmental influences on health is increasingly recognized. Further, the relationships among genetic factors, social influences, and the physical environment are now of growing…

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    Measuring Health Performance in the Public Sector: A Summary of Two Reports

    Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants was established at the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Its charge…

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    Behind the Numbers: U.S. Trade in the World Economy

    Panel on Foreign Trade Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Deals with how the systems for collecting and analyzing trade data have fallen behind the times - and presents recommendations for approaches to accuracy and usefulness of these economic data…

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    Strategies for a BEA Satellite Health Care Account: Summary of a Workshop

    Christopher Mackie,National Research Council

    In March 2008, the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies held a workshop to assist the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with next steps as it develops plans…

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    Facilitating Innovation in the Federal Statistical System: Summary of a Workshop

    National Research Council

    On May 8, 2009, the symposium, The Federal Statistical System: Recognizing Its Contributions, Moving It Forward was held in Washington, DC. One of the topics considered at that symposium was…

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    Alcohol in America: Taking Action to Prevent Abuse

    Steve Olson,Dean R. Gerstein,National Research Council,Elizabeth Hanford Dole,United States Department of Transportation

    Alcohol is a killer. One of every thirteen deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. This book takes a look at the problem, and is useful for those in the…

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    Improving the Social Security Representative Payee Program: Serving Beneficiaries and Minimizing Misuse

    Committee on Social Security Representative Payees,National Research Council

    More than 7 million recipients of Social Security benefits have a representative payee - a person or an organization - to receive or manage their benefits. This title explains whether…

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    Quality in Student Financial Aid Programs: A New Approach

    Panel on Quality Improvement in Student Financial Aid Programs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Focuses on the accuracy of the needs-based award process, this book assesses various measures of system quality and possible alternatives, such as a total quality management approach. It discusses the…

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    Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing

    Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing, National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Academy of Sciences

    Reviews the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior and offers insights on the issues of sexual initiation, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and the well-being of adolescent families. This…

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