Topic: Lawrence Katz
by Lena Groeger ProPublica, Propublica, Jan. 11, 2012, 10:41 a.m.. . Answers to homeowners' questions about the Independent Foreclosure Review. The...
You have probably already heard that brain exercises help to keep the mind sharp as you age, but no matter what your age, you begin to take some positive steps. (See Reference 1)?Learn it because it makes your brain grow and ...
When President Obama finally signed a law extending unemployment benefits up to 99 weeks another bruising political battle fought largely along party lines came to an end. The U.S. labor market is in a very dire state, and the prospects for ...
ThatÕs the heartless response of those who wonÕt extend jobless benefitsRepublican opposition in Congress has stalled legislation that would extend much-needed benefits to unemployed workers. While Republican leaders complain about the cost of extended benefits, it is not merely a ...
At a certain point in the 17th century, the known world suddenly became, in one particular and peculiar sense, unknowable. The most famous candidate is Gottfried Leibniz, whose research and achievements are asthma-inducing in breadth--and extend to studying Chinese and writing poetry ...
In the previous installment of our virtual book club, Sudhir Venkatesh answered your questions about his research on street prostitution.. Claudia Goldin is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of the National Bureau of Economic Research's ...
Contrary to some opinions brain cells continuously renew themselves into old age. In 1998, Dr. Fred Gage and his colleagues at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California discovered that neurons renew themselves into old age. In their book ...
When Obama and experts sit down to talk jobs, 4 ideas to put on the tableThe question is jobs, but there's no one right answer.When President Barack Obama convenes a jobs summit Thursday, he and all the brainstorming economists and ...
This recession has been different for labor markets than previous ones-different, even, than the last two, which kicked off the jobless recovery trend. For instance, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz have shown (PDF) that recent growth in wage inequality can be attributed ...
New research by Harvard economists confirmed what many Jugglers already have discovered: The research, by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, and summarized in a recent New York Times column, found that many careers in finance are markedly family-unfriendly. As part of the ...