Illegal income: How much does crime pay?
…Individuals who participated in the NSW project, a program offered at 15 sites nationwide, were unemployed and had a history of employment problems but may not have had criminal backgrounds….
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Social skills are increasingly valuable in the jobs market
…meat. Looking at data on employment, wages and types of job tasks over several decades, Deming quantifies the added value of these social skills. The data come from the Department…
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Maternal education: A matter of life and death for infants?
…college educated mothers, a new study finds. The issue: Education provides tangible benefits, including employment opportunities and knowledge that can improve both the quality and duration of one’s life. But…
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What would nursing homes do with more money?
…of an added skilled nurse to residents at $126,000 per year. This figure exceeds the estimated annual cost of employment, $83,000. He found that residents with more health problems stand…
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Sex discrimination cases more likely to settle under female judges
…examined lawsuits that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed in federal district court. The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting various types of workplace discrimination. Knepper analyzed about 2,300…
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Teacher misconduct: Research on educators committing crime
…percent). Employment information was located for 302 of the 458 school employees (66 percent) who lost their licenses due to sexual infractions. Of the 302 school employees found, 69 were…
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Criminal restitution: Tens of billions in debt remain unpaid
…of restitution to which a victim may be entitled. Courts order restitution based on victims’ losses and not on the offender’s economic or employment status. Offenders can set up payment…
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Brain drain: Does tying college aid to residency keep graduates in state?
…In this study, we use statewide administrative datasets to estimate the effects of Missouri’s Bright Flight Scholarship program, a highly targeted state administered merit aid program, on future in-state employment….
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Bike sharing: Research on health effects, helmet use and equitable access
…wait time or improve service headway. Given the transition of transportation to a ‘service’ or ‘sharing’ economy, these results have important implications for how to improve access to employment in…
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Spanish-language political ads may prompt some voters to withdraw support
…and the consequences of bilingual employment policies. This photo by IIP Photo Archive was obtained from Flickr and used under a Creative Commons license. https://live-journalists-resource.pantheonsite.io/studies/politics/ads-public-opinion/large-long-lasting-persuasive-effects-televised-campaign-ads https://live-journalists-resource.pantheonsite.io/studies/government/immigration/latino-hispanic-immigrants-english-attitudes-language…
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