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

Noncompete Agreements—Understanding Implications for Low-Wage Workers

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

In the developing world missing work due to illness often means poor families struggle. Since few jobs offer paid sick

While poor vision has the potential to decrease workplace productivity, little is known about the actual connection between access to

On average, across OECD countries, one in seven young people (15–29 years old) is neither employed nor pursuing education or

Greenhouse gases accumulating in the earth’s atmosphere are poised to raise global temperatures considerably in a relatively short period of

Pneumonia infection is a leading cause of illness in children worldwide, but we know little about its long-term consequences. Economists

In the turmoil of the Great Recession, the Spanish government reduced the level of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in relation

In the United States, the opioid epidemic has had dramatic adverse effects—in 2017 alone there were over 45,000 overdose deaths

States subsidize public higher education with the goal of building an educated workforce. But college-educated workers can and often do