Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from
developed country data. However, given the…
As the wild winds of Hurricane Sandy sent trees toppling, I found myself recalling Mitt Romney’s finest moment as governor. In July 2006,…
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Recently, two entire volumes of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Vol. 621, 2009; and Vol. 627, 2010)…
Primary and secondary school students spend hundreds more hours in each classroom than any observer ever will. But, until now, school…
We report the results of an experiment that was designed to test for discrimination in grading in India. We recruited teachers to grade…
In one of Africa’s most ambitious investment decisions, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has unveiled a plan to spend $97 billion on…
Did the Nobel Prize Committee choose this year’s economics laureates to influence the growing debate in Boston about how to assign students…
As Beacon Hill prepares to revisit transportation issues early next year, lawmakers should listen to happiness researchers, who have found…
We use a unique data-set from Indonesia on what individuals know about the income
distribution in their village to test theories such as…
The article discusses presentence boundaries in relation to
the application of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution's
privilege…