Climate Change and Occupational Health—Can We Adapt?
Greenhouse gases accumulating in the earth’s atmosphere are poised to raise global temperatures considerably in a relatively short period of
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How to Increase Workplace Diversity? Start by Asking for Diverse Candidates
Many firms have set ambitious goals to increase diversity among their employees, but there is a dearth of empirical evidence
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Nonbinding Peer Reviews Can Improve Team Effort and Productivity
Working in teams presents many advantages, from knowledge sharing to technological complementarities, but also a major drawback—individuals may be tempted
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Redshirting Kids—Delaying Starting School Affects the Entire Family
Parents often think about their child’s future success when they consider waiting for them to start school, but a child’s
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Who Needs a Ring? The 1996 Welfare Reform’s “Independence Effect”
In 1996 federal welfare reform replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, the oldest welfare program for
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Effective Policy for Reducing Poverty and Inequality? The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Distribution of Income
The United States stands out among industrialized nations as one with high poverty and income inequality. In 2016, the supplemental
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How Can We Extend the Working Lifetime? Compressing Time Spent in School Might Not Be the Answer
In response to demographic change—an aging population means fewer workers—policy makers in many industrialized countries are looking for ways to
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Workers with Unique Competence at Their Workplace Say “I’m Taking a Sick Day” Less Often
In many production processes, there is a high degree of complementarity between employees in different jobs—in other words, workers with
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