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3/2013 The JHR Article "Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments" cited in multiple news stories The JHR article "Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments" (The Journal of Human Resources, vol. 48 no. 1, p 71-113, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/1/71.abstract) is cited in the science news portal Phys.org article "Sex discrimination begins in the womb" (March 27, 2013, http://phys.org/news/2013-03-sex-discrimination-womb.html), in "Bias against girls can start in the womb" on futurity.org (Andy Henion-Michigan State, Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:32, http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/bias-against-girls-can-start-in-the-womb/), in NPR's "In India, Discrimination Against Women Can Start In The Womb" (by MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF March 29, 2013 4:50 PM, http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/28/175594992/in-india-discrimination-against-women-can-start-in-the-womb), on MSN.com "Indian girls might face discrimination even in the womb, study says" (http://now.msn.com/mothers-in-india-discriminate-against-girls-while-pregnant-study-says), in "Gender Justice? Discrimination against women begins at womb" (by Maitreyee, Friday, March 29, 2013, 12:30 [IST] http://news.oneindia.in/2013/03/29/discrimination-against-women-begins-at-womb-1182141.html), "Sex-selective discrimination common in Indian wombs: US study" (Hindustan Times, by Hindustan Correspondent, First Published: 23:32 IST (31/3/2013) | Last Updated: 23:34 IST (31/3/2013), http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Sex-selective-discrimination-common-in-Indian-wombs-US-study/Article1-1035269.aspx), and "Sex Discrimination in India Begins in the Womb: Study"(Bernama, New Delhi, March 29, http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=938205). 3/2013 New UW Madison Chancellor former JHR Editor
Work, Health, and Income among the Elderly by Gary Burtless Review by: Rebecca M. Blank The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Summer, 1988), pp. 397-411, http://www.jstor.org/stable/145837
The Effect of Medical Need and Medicaid on AFDC Participation Author(s): Rebecca M. Blank The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Winter, 1989), pp. 54-87, http://www.jstor.org/stable/145933
When Do Women Use Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Food Stamps? The Dynamics of Eligibility Versus Participation Author(s): Rebecca M. Blank and Patricia Ruggles The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter, 1996), pp. 57-89, http://www.jstor.org/stable/146043
What Causes Public Assistance Caseloads to Grow? Rebecca M. Blank The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Winter, 2001), pp. 85-118, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069671
For more information on her appointment, see: “Commerce chief Rebecca Blank to lead University of Wisconsin at Madison”, The Washington Post (http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-18/business/37806171_1_commerce-secretary-john-bryson-university-of-wisconsin-system)
“Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank named UW-Madison chancellor”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/commerce-secretary-rebecca-blank-named-uwmadison-chancellor-lr970mu-198816261.html)
“Rebecca Blank draws on deep experience”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/blank-draws-on-deep-experience-ph97om6-199049951.html)
"UW-Madison chooses Rebecca Blank as new chancellor”, Wisconsin State Journal (http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-chooses-rebecca-blank-as-new-chancellor/article_e8e6ada6-8ff4-11e2-a4ab-001a4bcf887a.html)
“Regents panel recommends Rebecca Blank as next UW-Madison chancellor” (http://chancellorsearch.wisc.edu/)
2/2013 The JHR article in The Huffington Post, The New York Times The Journal of Human Resources article "Noncognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments: Evidence from Primary School" (Christopher Cornwell, David B. Mustard, Jessica Van Parys, The Journal of Human Resources, 48:1, pp. 236-264, DOI: 10.1353/jhr.2013.0002, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/1/236.abstract) has gained substantial media attention, including an article on The New York Times, The Opinionator, "The Boys at the Back" (Christina Hoff Sommers, The Great Divide, February 2, 2013, 2:00 pm, http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/the-boys-at-the-back/), and The Huffington Post's "Elementary School Bias Against Boys Sets Them Up For Failure: Study", (Huff Post Education, Posted: 01/03/2013 5:12 pm EST | Updated: 01/03/2013 5:45 pm EST, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/elementary-school-bias-boys_n_2404898.html), on Today.com in "Boys' classroom behavior impacts grades, study finds" (Lisa Flam, Feb. 10, 2013 at 10:09 AM ET, http://www.today.com/moms/boys-classroom-behavior-impacts-grades-study-finds-1B8308131), The Dallas Morning News "Editorial: Channeling behaviors can help boys academically", (Published: 15 February 2013 07:46 PM, http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20130215-editorial-channeling-behaviors-can-help-boys-academically.ece) and "What can schools do to help boys when they act out in class?" (By Bill McKenzie, 3:07 pm on February 18, 2013, http://educationblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/what-can-schools-do-to-help-boys-when-they-act-out-in-class.html/), The Globe and Mail "Boys will be boys – schools need to understand that", (Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail, Published Thursday, Feb. 14 2013, 6:00 AM EST, Last updated Friday, Feb. 15 2013, 4:11 PM EST, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/boys-will-be-boys-schools-need-to-understand-that/article8616440/), on The Bay State Banner's editorial "A New Direction" (http://baystatebanner.com/Editorial51-2013-02-14), KSL.com "Study shows boys subject to negative stereotypes in school" (by Paul Nelson, March 6th, 2013 @ 7:57am, http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1070&sid=24302428), and on The Vancouver Sun's "Girls outperform boys in the three Rs" (Opinion: Study shows that male-averse trends have militated against their school success By Geoff Johnson, The Vancouver Sun March 11, 2013, http://www.vancouversun.com/Girls+outperform+boys+three/8081251/story.html#ixzz2NXitk57T). It is also covered by UGA Today in the article "New UGA research helps explain why girls do better in school" where Christopher Cornwell is the head of economics in the UGA Terry College of Business (Matt Weeks, January 2, 2013, http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/why-girls-do-better-in-school-010212/). 12/2012 SubStance article cited in Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction The SubStance article "The Neurology of Narrative.” (Young, Kay and Saver, Jeffrey L., SubStance: A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism, 30.1/2 (2001), p 72–84, available on ProjectMUSE at http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/substance/v030/30.1young.html), was cited in the article "The Observer's Tale: Dr. Weber's Narrative (and Metanarrative) Trajectory in Richard Powers's The Echo Maker" (Julie Hawk, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 54 #1, 2013, p 18-27, DOI:10.1080/00111619.2010.514619). 12/2012 Ecological Restoration special issue "The Design of Ecological Corridors" featured on ConservationCorridor.org The Ecological Restoration special issue "The Design of Ecological Corridors"(http://er.uwpress.org/content/30/4.toc) is featured on ConservationCorridor.org (http://www.conservationcorridor.org/2012/12/ecological-restoration/). Articles in this special issue include:
• Crossing the Road, Raising the Bar: The ARC International Design Competition, Nina-Marie E. Lister (http://er.uwpress.org/content/30/4/335.full.pdf+html)
Please click here to view the TOC for the issue http://er.uwpress.org/content/30/4.toc. 11/2012 SubStance article wins The Schachterle Prize The SubStance article "Electromagnetic Thought in Balzac, Villiers de l’Isle-Adam and Joseph Breuer"(by Kieran M. Murphy, SubStance, vol. 40 no. 2, p 127-147, http://sub.uwpress.org/content/40/2/127.full.pdf+html) was awarded The Schachterle Prize, in fall 2012. The prize was presented at the SLSA (The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts) conference. Click here for more information http://www.litsciarts.org/decodings.php?eid=1222. 11/2012 The Journal of Human Resources cited in GhanaWeb.com article "Schooling, Child Labor, and the Returns to Healthcare in Tanzania", by Achyuta R. Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham (The Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2012, vol. 47 #2, p. 364-396, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/2/364.abstract) was cited in GhanaWeb.com article "Reduced Costs of Schooling Can Help Reduce Child Labour" (by Isaac Karikari, bkkarikari@yahoo.com, http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=257470). 9/2012 The Journal of Human Resources in NBC News.com article "Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement: The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size", by Christopher Jepsen and Steven Rivkin (The Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2009, vol. 44 no. 1, p. 223-250, doi:10.3368/jhr.44.1.223, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/44/1/223.abstract) was cited in NBC.com article "FACT CHECK: Class sizes do matter" (by Domenico Montanaro, NBC Deputy Political Editor, 25 May 2012 3:49pm, EDT, http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/25/11883033-fact-check-class-sizes-do-matter?lite). 9/2012 The Journal of Human Resources: Analysis finds benefits to racial quotas in Brazilian higher education "Using Brazil’s Racial Continuum to Examine the Short-Term Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education", by Andrew M. Francis and Maria Tannuri-Pianto (The Journal of Human Resources, Summer 2012, vol. 47 no. 3, p. 754-784, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/3/754.abstract). Click here for more information. 9/2012 Study: Subsidies Change Incentives for Adoption of Foster Children The structure of a federal program that provides monthly subsidies to promote the adoptions of special needs children in foster care may actually be delaying some adoptions, according to a new study by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey Buckles.
Forthcoming in The Journal of Human Resources, Buckles’ study shows that the number of adoptions increases when children become eligible for an adoption subsidy, and most of the increase is from adoptions by foster parents. However, the age of subsidy eligibility for children varies by state since states can choose how they define a special needs child. As a result, children in some states become subsidy eligible at age 2, while others are not eligible until age 12. Click here for more information. 8/2012 New SubStance Editor We are very happy to announce we have a fourth co-editor of distinction. He is the young philosopher and writer Pierre Cassou-Noguès whose work is at the crossroads of philosophy, literature and science. He has half a dozen books to his name, among them:
More information about Pierre Cassou-Noguès, please see http://www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/spip.php?article270&lang=fr. 8/2012 The Journal of Human Resources cited in PsychCentral.com Blog The Journal of Human Resources article “Social Security and Elderly Living Arrangements: Evidence from the Social Security Notch", by Gary V. Engelhardt, Jonathan Gruber and Cynthia D. Perry, (The Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2005, vol. XL no. 2, p. 354-372, doi: 10.3368/jhr.XL.2.354, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/2/354.abstract) was cited in an article on the PsychCentral.com article "Will You Get to Choose Whether to Live on Your Own?", By Bella DePaulo, PhD (http://blogs.psychcentral.com/single-at-heart/2012/08/will-you-get-to-choose-whether-to-live-on-your-own/). 7/2012 The Journal of Human Resources cited in Harvard Business Review Blog network The Journal of Human Resources article “Peer Effects in Academic Cheating" (Scott E. Carrell, Frederick V. Malmstrom and James E. West, The Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2008 vol. 43 no. 1, pp 173-207, doi: 10.3368/jhr.43.1.173) was cited in the article "Youthful indiscretions" (by Pam Zubeck, Colorado Springs Independent, April 11, 2012, http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/youthful-indiscretions/Content?oid=2452361). 5/2012 Christyann Darwent will be the new editor of Arctic Anthropology
Christyann Darwent, Ph.D., Evolutionary Wing Chair, the University of California Davis has been named editor of Arctic Anthropology. She will begin with volume 49, #2. Arctic Anthropology, is an international journal devoted to the study of Old and New World northern cultures and peoples.
For more about Dr. Darwent, please visit http://www.anthro.ucdavis.edu/people/walrus.
5/2012 Sandra Black new editor of The Journal of Human Resources
Sandra Black, Professor of Economics, Audre and Bernard Rapaport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs and PRC Faculty Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named editor of The Journal of Human Resources, where she has served as co-editor since 2005.
JHR is a top-ranked journal in the fields of Economics (34th of 304 journals) and Industrial Relations & Labor (2nd of 22 journals). 4/2012 The Journals of Human Resources cited by Colorado Springs Independent The Journal of Human Resources article “Peer Effects in Academic Cheating" (Scott E. Carrell, Frederick V. Malmstrom and James E. West, The Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2008 vol. 43 no. 1, pp 173-207, doi: 10.3368/jhr.43.1.173) was cited in the article "Youthful indiscretions" (by Pam Zubeck, Colorado Springs Independent, April 11, 2012, http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/youthful-indiscretions/Content?oid=2452361). 3/2012 Land Economics Editor wins Reimer Lüst Award
Professor and editor of Land Economics, Daniel W. Bromley has received the Reimer Lüst Award for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange. The award is given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation to recognize outstanding humanities scholars and social scientists who have promoted bilateral relations between Germany and their own countries.
Bromley, an emeritus professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found out about the award, fittingly, in November while teaching at Humboldt University of Berlin.
“I was really stunned,” Bromley says.
Award winners are invited to spend up to a year in Germany and given 50,000 Euros ($74,000) to help with expenses. They also have the opportunity to conduct research projects of their choosing with specialist colleagues in Germany. The award will be given at a June ceremony hosted by the president of Germany. Only two awards are given annually.
See full details here http://www.news.wisc.edu/20382. 3/2012 The Journals of Human Resources cited by USDA The Journal of Human Resources article “Short Recertification Periods in the U.S. Food Stamp Program” (by Nader S. Kabbani, Parke E. Wilde, in The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 38, Special Issue on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs, pp. 1112-1138, available on JSTOR at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3558983) was cited in the article "What’s Behind the Rise in SNAP Participation?" published in Amber Waves: The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (by Margaret Andrews, David Smallwood, available at http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/March12/Features/SNAPRise.htm). 2/2012 The Journals of Human Resources cited by The Center for College Affordability & Productivity The Journals of Human Resources article "Cost-Related Tuition Policies and University Enrollments" (The Journal of Human Resources, Stephen A. Hoenack and William C. Weiler, Vol. 10, No. 3, Summer, 1975, p. 332-360 , available on JSTOR at http://www.jstor.org/stable/145195), was cited in "Chart of the Week: Percentage of Public 4-Year Institutions with Differential Tuition", (by Jonathan Robe, The Center for College Affordability & Productivity, February 22nd, 2012, http://centerforcollegeaffordability.org/archives/7857).
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Our new Chancellor at UW Madison is a The Journal of Human Resources alumna! Rebecca Blank, the Acting Commerce Secretary, will become the UW Madison Chancellor this summer. We’re very happy to note she was on the JHR editorial board from 1995-1997, and was published four times in the journal. Her JHR published work is available on JSTOR. See below for more information and to access. 
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