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A tax spike on companies after layoffs is discouraging them from rehiring when business turns around.

Do experiments with student participants produce valid measures of behavior within the general population?

Extending their “biological clocks” led young Jewish-Israeli women to delay tying the knot and invest in themselves.

Indonesia's efforts to redraw political boundaries shed light on factors affecting ethnic polarization.

Harvard professor Chris Avery discusses how allowing students to leave their neighborhood for their education may undercut policymakers' goals.

How did political elites in Rwanda get civilians to participate in genocide?

How much do leaky underground petroleum tanks harm our health and what should policymakers do about it?

Bruce Caldwell discusses Friedrich Hayek and the history of economic ideas.

An experiment in Bangladesh showed that its new urban workers can use mobile banking to help support their families in the countryside.

Northwestern’s Kirabo Jackson discusses how schools can help their students by fostering socioemotional development.