School Smoking Bans Effectively Reduce Smoking Behavior
Half of all smokers in Germany report that they started using tobacco at the age of 15 or younger, which
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What Happens to Jobs When Minimum Wage Increases Are Tied to Inflation?
Economists have been studying how minimum wage increases affect employment for a long time, but indexing the minimum wage to
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Political Mismanagement of Indian Primary Schools Yields Worse Test Scores
Teachers and their working patterns are known to be important determinants of learning outcomes of pupils, as well as key
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Concealed Carry—Why Do We Apply?
Every U.S. state has a permit process to allow citizens to legally carry a concealed firearm in public. The implications
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Female Middle School Math Teachers Mean Better Grades for Girls Now, More STEM Participation Later
Studies have found that female students perform better when taught by female teachers. But, there is little evidence on whether
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Are Professors Worth It? Who Should Teach College Students in Their Small Group Classes?
Many universities offer tutorials, also called teaching-assistant sessions, discussion sections, or lab sessions, depending on where you live. These small
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When There Aren’t Jobs Close to Home—Do Low-Wage Employers Discriminate Based on Commute Distance?
Everything else equal, employers might respond differently to a person based on where they live, avoiding people from a neighborhood
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Jobs for Young, Attractive Women and Older Male Managers? The “Age Twist” in Employers’ Gender Requests
Thousands of articles have been written on gender differentials in labor markets, but almost none have studied employers’ explicit requests
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Cutting Benefits by 50% to Combat Youth Unemployment—Do Young People Get Back to Work Sooner?
Policies aimed at tackling youth unemployment are a key priority for policymakers because unemployment when young is known to have
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Altruism, Payment Schemes, and Patient Outcomes in Mental Health Care
It is well known that people differ in their degree of altruism and that this influences the way they perform
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