Efficiency vs. Equity? A Reform to Reduce WIC Costs Impacts Access

Efficiency vs. Equity? A Reform to Reduce WIC Costs Impacts Access

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 admin benefits, children, nutrition, wellness

Many U.S. safety net programs provide in-kind benefits and contract with private vendors to deliver these benefits. Such public–private partnerships

soldier on the ground during Vietnam War

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Do Conscription and Military Service Lead to More Incarcerations?

January 11, 2022 admin incarceration, war

It is not uncommon for the media to link veterans’ war experience to postwar crime offenses. But does wartime military

relationship between propensity to follow in parent career and regulation for various careers

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If You Want Intergenerational Mobility, Regulation Matters

November 23, 2021 admin careers, inequality, regulation

It is not uncommon that children follow the same career as their parents. But why? This might be attributed to

It is not only supply and demand factors but also institutional factors that determine wage differentials among workers.

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Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Between- and Within-Group Inequality?

November 3, 2021 admin labor, minimum wage, pay, work

The minimum wage has been introduced and expanded in many countries to lift the wages of the lowest paid workers.

Girls in schools with meal programs attend school an average of 30 minutes more per day, with gains in math and reading.

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School Meals at Scale Improve Learning, Especially for the Most Vulnerable Children

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 admin children, development, education, nutrition, poverty

Globally, 388 million children participate in school meal programs. Research has shown that providing meals can improve children’s school participation

longevity of high-ability men and education. More education leads to longer lives.

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Living Longer? Personality, Education, and Realized Human Potential Helps

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 admin cognitive abilities, education, noncognitive, wellness

Does education extend lives? This is still debated because more educated people generally differ from less educated people in many

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Does Tap Water Improve Children’s Cognitive Development?

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 admin children, cognitive abilities, early childhood, water, wellness

Diseases associated with poor access to tap water are among the leading causes of death in children under five. Less

child's years of schooling increases with maternal age at birth

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Why Do Children Born to Teenage Mothers Have Worse Lifetime Outcomes?

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 admin children, parenting, teen pregnancy, women

Children born to teenage mothers have worse outcomes—poorer health, less schooling, and lower earnings in adulthood. However, the cause of

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How Does Depression Influence Risk-Taking?

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 admin mental health, risk-taking, wellness

Reduced productivity from depression and anxiety costs more than US$1 trillion each year globally. Less understood are the impacts on

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Do Cesarean Sections Affect Children’s Health?

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 admin children, healthcare, wellness

In recent decades there has been increasing concern about the rise in cesarean sections. This commonly performed surgery saves lives,

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