Having more education has long been linked to better individual health. But those benefits are also contagious, say the co-authors of a new working paper.
Social Sciences
May 14, 2024
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At first glance, Canada ranks among the top third of countries for its work in addressing child poverty. But that isn't the whole story.
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2024
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A grim and familiar pattern has followed the parade of mass shootings across America. In their aftermath, the nation's attention focuses on the direct victims of the attacks, the dead and injured, their families and friends, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2022
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Reducing tariffs on imported goods is meant to remove trade barriers, but it doesn't seem to be helping the seafood industry, which has experienced the same—if not more—import rejections and notifications at borders, ...
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2022
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With the prospect of a lengthier lockdown looming over Sydney, the idea of "living with the virus" has resurfaced.
Economics & Business
Jul 9, 2021
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New research by leading health economists from Kingston University in London has revealed more than 60 percent of fake news read online about healthcare issues is considered credible—and trust in such claims increases if ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2019
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India's filthy air is cutting 660 million lives short by about three years, while nearly all of the country's 1.2 billion citizens are breathing in harmful pollution levels, according to research published Saturday.
Environment
Feb 21, 2015
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Big-box retailers Costco, Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale and Walmart, along with full-service and fast-food restaurants, are key contributors to the nation's obesity epidemic, according to research by a health economist in the ...
Economics & Business
Feb 2, 2015
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Controversial deals that delay generic versions of drugs coming onto the market can lead to consumers paying significantly more for some treatments, according to new research by an academic from the University of East Anglia ...
Economics & Business
Jun 18, 2013
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Easing the maternal guilt associated with mothers returning to work, University at Albany health economist Pinka Chatterji and co-researchers Sara Markowitz and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn recently released the results of a study ...
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2011
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