Do Cesarean Sections Affect Children’s Health?
In recent decades there has been increasing concern about the rise in cesarean sections. This commonly performed surgery saves lives,
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French Women in the Workforce and World War I—A Watershed Moment or a Parenthesis?
During World War I, 8 million French men were drafted, and 1.3 million of them died in combat. As a
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Is This Worth My Time? How Does Locus of Control Affect Workers’ Training Choices?
Work-related training allows workers to improve their skills and stay up-to-date, but many workers do not regularly participate. Marco Caliendo,
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Activation Programs—Do They Help Young People with Poor Labor Market Prospects Find Work?
In 2008, Sweden introduced a new “activation” program, the Youth Job Guarantee (YJG), to help unemployed youth find jobs though
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Completing an Internship Increases Wages and Probability of Employment
The share of university students completing an internship is as high as 75–80 percent in many countries throughout North America
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How Harshly Should Society Punish Young Lawbreakers?
Do tough prisons deter young offenders from repeating crimes? Crime poses enormous social and economic costs. It is important to
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What Keeps the Poor from “Smoothing” Financial Risk?
From mutual aid cooperatives to burial societies, numerous informal and semiformal institutions exist to help households deal with financial risk.
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Community Eligibility Provision? More Lunches Can Mean Better Math Performance
Historically, family income determined student eligibility for the school meals program—the largest nutritional assistance program for school-aged children in the
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What We Learn from Migration to the Fracking Boom
State-to-state and county-to-county migration is an important way for local economies to recover and adjust after experiencing an unexpected downturn
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Adjunct Teaching Fuels Grade Inflation and Distorts Student Choices
Since the mid-1970s, higher education has increasingly relied on part-time, adjunct faculty. By 2015, 40% of classroom instructors were hired
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