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Is Self-Reporting an Accurate Tool for Measuring Happiness Among Men and Women?
Women around the world report higher life satisfaction levels than men, even though they’re worse off in many ways – they have lower incomes, feel less healthy, face gender discrimination, and more. What’s going on here?
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Measuring Value in Clinical Trials: Patient Preference Doesn’t Equal Average Survival
Though clinical trials most often rely on average survival rates as measures of value, these are not synonymous indicators. New research by the Schaeffer Center finds additional factors may weigh in patient’s treatment choice.
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Innovating with Virtual and Augmented Reality for Research and Policy
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications have clear relevance for policy in a range of areas. They could be harnessed to add value to existing interventions to improve individuals’ decision-making in areas such as health, financial decision-making, education and others.
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Encouraging Integrative, Non-Opioid Approaches To Pain: A Policy Agenda
Big changes are necessary to overcome our myopic view favoring immediate pain relief over safer approaches that are effective in the long term.
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Hooked in Hospitals: Many Medicare Patients Received First Painkillers There
Understanding the context of opioid providing, provider patterns, and patient behavior is the first step to developing policies that will adequately halt this pressing public health crisis. Two studies co-written by Schaeffer Center researchers analyze this context within the Medicare population.
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The Association Between Personality Traits and Voting Intentions in the 2016 Presidential Election
Analysis of survey data shows that personality has a strong, significant association with voting intentions, even when controlling for factors such as age, race, gender, socio-economic status and prior voting behavior.
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The Daybreak Presidential Poll: Voter Preference and Intensity in the 2016 Election
The USC Dornsife/LA Times “Daybreak” presidential poll has caused much controversy in the mainstream political community since its initial release. Unlike most traditional election polls, the goal of the Daybreak poll is to determine not only voter preferences in the 2016 presidential race but the intensity of those preferences.
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Financial Education Interventions Targeting Immigrants and Children of Immigrants
Immigrants and their children in the US who receive financial education targeted at their specific needs demonstrably improve their financial literacy, but these gains in knowledge do not persist for long.
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A New Look at an Old Question: Does Where You Live Influence Your Body Weight?
Does where you live influence your weight? A panel study of Military Teenagers (MTEENS) finds that what parents have available at home may make a bigger impact.
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Can Shopping Around for Prescriptions Save Money?
Research conducted by USC Price MPP students found huge variation in prescription drug prices when shopping around at pharmacies in the LA area. Based on their experience, they recommend four strategies consumers should use to get the lowest price.
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