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March 25, 2020
Politics & Polls #177: Leadership in a Time of Crisis Featuring Juliette Kayyem
As the number of COVID-19 cases around the nation continues to climb, Americans are racing to respond. Entire cities have ground to a halt. Doctors have appealed for more masks, gowns, and eye gear. And many states have closed nonessential businesses and issued shelter-in-place orders. The pandemic is undoubtedly one of the…
Research Briefs
March 18, 2020
Racial Disparities in Pollution Exposure Fell Thanks to Clean Air Act
Many case studies suggest that low income and racial minority groups face disproportionately high exposures to environmental pollution. But the existing evidence is piecemeal and indirect due to the patchy nature of the available environmental data. Existing studies of racial disparities in air pollution exposure, for example,…
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September 10, 2019
Endnotes: Priced Out (Tsung-Mei Cheng)
Health care in America is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be, according to the late Uwe Reinhardt, a leader in health care policy. Reinhardt provides an incisive look at the American health care system in a new book, “Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care,” published by Princeton University Press…
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Research Briefs
July 11, 2019
E-cigarette Regulations Increase Prenatal Cigarette Use among Teen Smokers, New Study Shows
Earlier studies have shown that the passage of minimal legal sale age (MLSA) laws regulating the purchase of e-cigarettes among teens succeeded in reducing e-cigarette use, but may have unintentionally increased cigarette use.New research published in Journal of Health Economics for the first time evaluates the effect of e…
Features
May 24, 2019
WWS Reacts: Restricting Abortions Across America
Reproductive rights are now front and center in the 2020 campaign, as a number of states recently have tried to restrict or regulate abortions in some way. We discussed the wave of abortion bills being passed with Elizabeth M. Armstrong, associate professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow…
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May 03, 2019
Q&A: Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
Health care in America is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be, according to the late Uwe Reinhardt, former James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics at Princeton University.A leader in health care policy, Reinhardt provides an incisive look at the American health care system in a new book, “Priced…
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February 18, 2019
Currie Wins NOMIS Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award
Princeton University’s Janet Currie is winner of the NOMIS Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, which comes with a research grant of $2-million to support exceptional scientists exploring new and unconventional directions in science.Currie’s research focuses on health and wellbeing, especially of children…
Features
February 04, 2019
Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life
Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile, more than 15 percent of children live in poverty.Understanding what is behind these problems has been a challenge, as each pocket of the United States faces particular struggles. The…
Features
December 20, 2018
WWS Reacts: Following Texas Ruling, What’s Next for the ACA?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) appears to be on the chopping block again after a federal court judge in Texas ruled the law unconstitutional. While the ruling likely won’t have any immediate effects, it could eventually jeopardize the nation’s health care system. We discussed the ruling and what’s next for the ACA with Heather…
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October 02, 2018
Urban Population, Transportation Patterns Affect How Flu Epidemics Play Out
The more people a city has and the more organized its residents' movement patterns, the longer its flu season is apt to last, new research co-authored by Princeton University researchers shows.Published in the journal Science, the findings are an important step toward predicting outbreak trends for a viral infection that, in…