Area: Economics
German Rebels Who Helped Lincoln Win the Civil War: A Natural Experiment in Leadership
Leaders of a failed 1848 revolt are followed to towns across the U.S.
Gender Gaps in School Performance
Socioeconomic factors magnify the boy-girl divide and can explain cross-race differences
Entering the Job Market in Recession: The Prognosis Worsens
New research suggests increased risk of illness and death in middle age, on top of longer-lasting income penalty
Employees Work at Multiple Nursing Homes and Spread COVID-19
Smartphone GPS tracks staffers between facilities
Economic and Ideological Predictors of the Unique U.S. COVID-19 Failure
Examining local-level plans and behavior to uncover drivers of failed compliance with expert advice
Do Workers Cross State Lines for Higher Minimum Wages?
States that raise rates curtail out-migration but do not attract more outsiders
Do Social Laws Always Cause a Backlash?
Laws that threaten ideological preferences prompt some opponents to adopt more extreme beliefs
Do Private Prisons Lead to Higher Incarceration Rates?
Researchers take on the difficult job of isolating for-profit prisons from a host of other factors
Do People Donate Money to Signal Their Intelligence?
Research suggests such a connection when donations are publicized
Do Men Listen to Their Wives?
Study suggests husbands, unlike wives, don’t retain information spouses pass along
Descendants of Forced Migrants Value Education More Highly
Post-World War II Poland provides a unique setting to study mobility and success
Cultures That Delay Gratification: Their Immigrants to the U.S. Excel in School
The benefit to students increases over time
Culture Affects How People Save Money
Immigrants show saving tendencies that carry through several generations
Cultural Polarization Isn’t New — But Its Alignment With Political Divisions Is
A new way to classify individuals delivers insights on social divisions and the culture war
Cultural Norms, From Long Ago, Persist Even as They Clash With a Modern World
The fix is not to dismiss them, but to work with them
COVID-19 Tactics Varied by Gender Among Brazilian Mayors Running for Reelection
Notable differences in death rates; it appears candidates factored in voter gender bias