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September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
…state does face educational challenges. Today, two challenges are especially noteworthy: Persistent gaps between less- and more-privileged children mark student performance, and too many students are not performing at levels considered proficient or better…
September 15, 2023
Why Industrial Policy Fails
…scarce resources better than the market? If the government intervenes in markets, how will it avoid mission creep, cronyism, and corruption? In the real world, government planners simply lack the…
September 14, 2023
The Privilege Hiding in Plain Sight
…has been viewed more than a staggering 125 million times. It captures another Privilege Walk, but in this case the personal attributes being presented are markedly different from those posed…
September 12, 2023
Who Is Happiest? Married Mothers and Fathers, Per the Latest General Social Survey
…appear to be obstacles to living a happy life. Instead, these two traditional markers of adulthood are associated with a happier life. As difficult as marriage and parenthood can be,…
September 6, 2023
Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe
…about how many people are working from home today compared with before COVID. If they believe working from home has risen markedly, they may assume it is more permanent than…
August 31, 2023
The Future of Work: Augmented, not Automated
…balance between technical and noncognitive skills in the marketplace. A new report from the IBM Institute for Business Value, surveying over 24,000 executives and employees around the world, reaffirms the importance of noncognitive skills and…
August 29, 2023
Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place
…irrelevant . . . [and are] egalitarian and inclusive.” Girls and women, like my daughter, are a significantly growing proportion of the community. The marketplace clearly wants spaces and parks for…
August 28, 2023
Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works
JOB-TRAINING AND WORKFORCE-DEVELOPMENT programs have long been plagued by weak wage and job-persistence outcomes. Since the United States spends markedly less on these types of programs than do other developed nations, it’s…
August 24, 2023
Want To End Apartment Warehousing? Ease Up On Rent-Control Laws
…costs the private market can cover if it’s allowed to operate; instead, city taxpayers will have to pay. Meanwhile, the 2019 law is hurting rent-stabilized apartments beyond the “warehousing” of…
August 22, 2023
Is Paid Leave a Pro-Growth Policy?
…would also point to a 2017 literature review that found the impacts of parental leave on female labor market outcomes range from “negligible to weakly positive.” Sticking with mandated benefits for a…