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What Keeps the Poor from “Smoothing” Financial Risk?

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 admin development, family finances, risk-sharing

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

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 admin children, cognitive abilities, education, nutrition

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

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 admin employment, migration

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

December 23, 2020 admin academia, careers, college, education, labor

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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Noncompete Agreements—Understanding Implications for Low-Wage Workers

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 admin labor, noncompetes, pay

Signing a noncompete agreement (NCA) means workers are not allowed to work for companies that compete with their current employer

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Progressive Vouchers for Low-Income Students?

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 admin children, education, school choice, vouchers

Eighteen states now have legislation that provides vouchers for students to attend private school, but school vouchers remain controversial. Detractors

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Measuring Skills—Do Our Methods Hold Up in Developing Countries?

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 admin development, economic research, noncognitive

Research has shown that cognitive and noncognitive skills play an essential role in success in life, and large investments are

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relationship between Greek affiliation and normalized grades, falling grades
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Does Greek Membership in College Improve Academic and Career Outcomes?

December 10, 2020 admin careers, college, education

Almost a fifth of U.S. college students join a Greek organization during college, yet we know strikingly little about the

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Intergovernmental Grants to Local Communities—Gains Persist Years Later

December 4, 2020 admin education, funding, local government

Intergovernmental grants finance a substantial share of decentralized public service provision around the world, but we know little about the

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From Foster Care to Forever Families? How Does the Federal Adoption Tax Credit Affect Adoptions?

October 16, 2020 admin adoption, children, family finances, taxes

The Federal Adoption Tax Credit, introduced in 1997 to promote foster care adoption, became refundable for two tax years only,

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