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Making healthy practices habitual

January 3, 2022
An experiment in rural India boosted handwashing through social and financial rewards.
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2021 in Research Highlights

December 30, 2021
Economists addressed the recovery of Southern wealth after the Civil War, why the United States has the best research universities, Facebook filters, and more.
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2021 in Featured Charts

December 28, 2021
Economists tackled the gender wage gap, political corruption, innovation, and more.
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The long-run benefits of public preschool

December 22, 2021
Martha Bailey discusses the impact of Head Start on educational attainment and economic self-sufficiency in adulthood.
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Horizontal growth

December 20, 2021
How do innovative companies diversify their product portfolios?
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License to die

December 17, 2021
What impact does driving have on teenage mortality and risky behavior?
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A big push out of poverty

December 15, 2021
A program in India shows that helping the ultra poor can have long-lasting effects.
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Reimagining public safety research

December 8, 2021
Yale sociologist Monica Bell talks about why economists must change the way they study police.