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Dallas-Fort Worth SSN connects scholars to journalists, policymakers, and civic leaders in the DFW metro area.
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Latest Contributions
What Kinds of Public Policies Promote Human Happiness?
Key Findings Brief,
How Women Legislators Help States Become More Supportive of Older Citizens
Key Findings Brief,
A Strategy to Foster Advanced Manufacturing in the United States
Strategy Brief,
Latest In the News
Patrick Flavin's research on public spending discussed by , "The States with the Happiest Americans Spend More Money on ‘Public Goods’," Big Think, January 10, 2019.
Patrick Flavin's research on public spending discussed by , "New Research Suggests Government Spending Can Spread Happiness," Pacific Standard, November 29, 2018.
"Our Electoral System is Bad for Happiness," Benjamin Radcliff (with ), Pyschology Today, September 29, 2016.
Lydia Bean quoted on religion and gun culture by Daniel Schultz, "Thoughts and Prayers will Never be Enough: Why the Church Can’t Save us from Gun Violence" Salon, December 11, 2015.
Lydia Bean's research on evangelicals discussed by , "Three Reasons Why Evangelicals Can’t Save the Republican Establishment from Donald Trump," The Washington Post, December 10, 2015.
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