Book abstract: In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has…
In 2007, a total of 12,632 people in the United States were murdered with firearms, and it is estimated that another 48,676 were treated in…
In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them…
Understanding the relationship between female employment and fertility is a vital ingredient for effective population policy. This column…
President Obama staked out a position on education this spring, delivering a radio address that bluntly acknowledged that American high…
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Bruce Western and Becky Pettit considering how social…
Why do firms cluster near one another? We test Marshall's theories of industrial agglomeration by examining which industries locate near…
Many metropolitan areas have experienced extreme boom-bust cycles over the past century. Some places, like Detroit, grew enormously as…
This report features 15 outstanding public high schools from Massachusetts,
Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, Texas and Washington, DC. All were…