Is Murder Insurance a Good Idea?
A ForeignPolicy.com article looks at the scrutiny faced by Lloyd’s of London for underwriting NRA insurance products for gun owners
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Head Start’s Long-Run Impact
Because experiences in early childhood are known to influence child development, preschool programs are often viewed as policy interventions with
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“Growth” in Black–White Test Gap Is Due to Poor Measurement
Our understanding of the age at which the black–white test gap emerges has been hampered by two overlooked factors. Timothy
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AP Exam Scores Impact College Major Choice
The choice of college major can have big implications for students’ long-term outcomes, such as lifetime earnings, but researchers have
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Later Start Times Increase Academic Achievement for Teens
Researchers—and parents of teenagers—have long suspected that school starts too early in the morning for adolescents. New research by Jenni
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Does More Information, Like Releasing Test Scores, Improve Schools? Yes, But Not All
The use of school accountability systems is becoming increasingly popular as a way of changing school behavior to improve school
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You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know: Teachers’ Lack of Knowledge Hampers Student Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Most children in Sub-Saharan Africa are enrolled in school these days, but for reasons not well understood, they learn very
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Why Do First-Borns Perform Better? The First Years
A myriad of studies find that later-born children have worse educational and labor market outcomes as adults than their older
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Study Finds Wives Often Lose When Husbands Take Social Security Early
Social Security provides a large portion of household income in old age. Most women receive at least some Social Security
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Children’s Self-Portraits Show that Child Sponsorship Increases Hope
The role of psychological attributes such as hope and self-efficacy in escaping poverty has attracted increasing attention among economists, policy-makers,
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