This paper reports the results of a pilot study, using a randomized controlled trial to study the effects of the Amherst Telementoring…
How can there be no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola, a disease with a very high death rate that has caused a global public health…
Alice Goffman’s book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, is one of those rare publications by a sociologist that creates an…
Veterans Day in Britain is a solemn occasion. At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month (the moment of Armistice for World War I)…
Through the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracks their…
Payers are penalizing hospitals for high readmission rates. It is unknown whether major changes in population insurance coverage can affect…
We study the impact of providing school and child test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple…
One in twelve Americans suffers from asthma and its annual costs are estimated to exceed $50 billion. Simultaneously, the root causes of…
Unhealthy behaviors are responsible for a large proportion of health care costs and poor health outcomes. Surveys of large employers…
Parental involvement is correlated with student performance, though the causal relationship is less well established. This experiment…