This paper studies long-term trends in the labor market performance of immigrants in the United States, using the 1960-2000 PUMS and 1994-…
This book is a dialogue about poverty in North America, especially in Mexico and the United States. Poverty has different roots and…
Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third…
Background: The net economic value of increased health care spending remains unclear, especially for chronic diseases. Objective: To assess…
The economic value of improvements in health status
for patients with type 2 diabetes seems to exceed or equal increases
in health care…
The author reflects on the state of public schools in the
U.S. under the administration of President Barack Obama. Ratings given
by the…
The article reviews the book
"Wrestling With Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master
Builder and Transformed the American City…
If Congress creates a public option in health-care insurance, will that inevitably lead to a single-payer system, with the government…
One Week in Heron City follows Chief Laura Harrison's through her first week on the job in this fictional city of 400,000. We invite you to…
A broad consensus holds that increased medical capability—technology—is the primary driver of health spending growth. However, technology…