Too many low-income college students don’t graduate, but a program that aims to address all challenges can help
One decade after high school completion, only 14 percent of low-income students in the United States have attained a bachelor’s
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Higher quality interactions between caregivers and children in daycare improve child development
Although there is a rich body of evidence on the effects of preschool or daycare attendance, especially for the United
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The 1980 Mariel Boatlift—Did the arrival of low-skilled Cuban immigrants harm the labor market for locals in Miami?
In a unique historical episode, between April and September of 1980, 120,000 low-skilled Cubans arrived in Miami. The sudden nature
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For-Profit Colleges—Students Pay More, Get Less
As the U.S. Department of Education proposes rolling back the Gainful Employment rules regulating for-profit and vocational education programs, accurate
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How Can We Extend the Working Lifetime? Compressing Time Spent in School Might Not Be the Answer
In response to demographic change—an aging population means fewer workers—policy makers in many industrialized countries are looking for ways to
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Wealth Perceptions and Remittances within Family Networks—Recipients Hold More Power Than You Think
Are people who receive transfers of money from family members passively waiting for a handout from their altruistic kin? If
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Drug Violence in Mexico Increased Migration Flows to the United States
In 2006 the Mexican government launched an aggressive military campaign against drug trafficking organizations that sparked competition, fragmentation, and alliances
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The Dynamics of Families’ Long-Term Care Arrangements—Who Takes Care of Our Elderly in the Long Run?
As the population ages, many families face decisions about how to care for elderly relatives. In a recent publication, Bridget
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Which Kids Party Hard?
In “Uncommon Knowledge: Freaks and geeks, and beyond,” the Boston Globe’s Kevin Lewis highlights a JHR paper on how relative
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Workers with Unique Competence at Their Workplace Say “I’m Taking a Sick Day” Less Often
In many production processes, there is a high degree of complementarity between employees in different jobs—in other words, workers with
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