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The Rich Drink More but Smoke Less. Why?
Why the Rich Drink More but Smoke Less: The Impact of Wealth on Health Behaviors “Wealthier individuals engage in healthier behavior. This paper seeks to explain this phenomenon by developing a theory of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Inequality, Socio-economic Status, Wealth
Tagged consumption, drinking, health, health costs, inequality, outcomes, smoking, socio-economic status, unhealthy consumption, wealth
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Study: Effective Teachers Matter
Via Spyros Konstantopoulos Background/Context: One important question to educational research is whether teachers can influence student achievement over time. This question is related to the durability of teacher effects on student achievement in successive grades. The research evidence about teacher … Continue reading
Scholarly Research on the Effect of Right to Work Laws on Economic Outcomes
Many Cable-TV pundits are commenting on the effects of Right to Work laws on state and country economic outcomes. Unfortunately few have done their homework to examine what scholarly research finds. Stevans (2009) offers a sophisticated study of the effects … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged economic growth, economy, outcomes, personal income, proprietors income, right-to-work, states, unions, wages
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Crack Cocaine, Black/White Educational Gaps, Murder and Incarceration Rates
The next time you want to hold teachers completely accountable for student outcomes, remember this study’s major findings. Abstract We propose the rise of crack cocaine markets as an explanation for the end to the convergence in black-white educational outcomes … Continue reading
People Who Know Results of Olympics More Likely to Watch Tape-Delayed Broadcast
NEW YORK (AP) – NBC researchers are finding that people who know Olympic results before the network’s tape-delayed telecast are more likely to watch it. The preliminary research undercuts an assumption that has guided production of Olympic broadcasts from locales … Continue reading