This article uses two newly collected data sets to investigate the reliance by political actors
on the external vetting of judicial candidates, in particular vetting conducted by the nation's …

We examine the quality of two probability-based polls, one interviewer administered
(telephone) and one self-administered (Internet and mail mixed mode survey). The polls use …

Holding students back when they do not meet a specific attainment level is common practice
in a lot of countries. However, this practice is not without controversy and recent studies …

Rural producer associations are considered a potential community-driven solution to the
problems of smallholder agriculture. This article evaluates the impact of organising female …

Typical childhood development is characterized by the emergence of intrinsic connectivity
networks (ICNs) by way of internetwork segregation and intranetwork integration. The impact …

This study uses three cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduate students (N= 8,652) at a
large, metropolitan, public research university to examine the impact of student use of three …

Participation rates have declined sharply across developed democracies. But the precise
impact of this decline on party systems has proven difficult to study due to endogeneity …

Conservation policies influence both the amount of habitat loss and patterns of habitat
fragmentation. This paper develops a “microlandscapes” approach that combines …

In the academic and policy debates over the merits of charter schools, two things are clear:
First, they are here to stay and, second, their quality varies widely. Policy makers therefore …

The outcomes of kidney transplantation (KT) from hepatitis B surface antigen–positive
[HBsAg (+)] donors to HBsAg (−) recipients remain inconclusive, possibly due to substantial …