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Featured Article
Featured article image July 2024

ERISA at 50: BLS tracks the evolution of retirement benefits

William J. Wiatrowski

This article follows the many changes to Bureau of Labor Statistics retirement income studies and shows the challenges of providing statistics on such a varied and frequently evolving topic.

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Book Reviews
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Strengthening the supply of effective educators in the teacher labor market

Bradi Powell

This book examines the labor market for primary and secondary teachers in the United States, as well as the challenges facing the U.S. public school system.

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Beyond BLS

Is computer-assisted learning the key to widespread high-dosage tutoring?

John C. Roach

Technology can help close the gap on student learning loss.

High work-from-home rates persist in 2023

Lawrence H. Leith

After increasing sharply at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, work-from-home rates in the United States remained high in 2023.

Health insurance as a crime-fighting tool

Jonathan Yoe

A quasi-natural experiment in Tennessee provides a case study in health and crime.

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