WP 230 Nonparametric Tests of Tail Behavior in Stochastic Frontier Models
WP 231 Labor Market Policies in a Roy-Rosen Bargaining Economy
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WP 229 A Bayesian Semiparametric Model with Random Coefficients for a Panel of OECD Countries
Landes featured in Forbes on COVID19 deaths related to intellectual and developmental disabilities
Lerner Research Affiliate Scott Landes and his colleagues found that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have a greater chance of dying from COVID-19 than those without IDD.
See related: COVID-19, IDD, Longevity, United States
Zhang quoted in National Geographic story on raising resilient children during coronavirus
Lerner Fellow Xiaoyan Zhang notes the positive long term outcomes of emotionally resilient children and discusses steps caregivers can take to help strengthen children's coping skills.
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Lovely weighs in on US-China trade deal targets, tensions on NPR
Professor of Economics Mary Lovely says targets for exports of farm goods, factory products, and crude oil were always going to be a stretch, and that the coronavirus pandemic has made things worse.
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Why Monitoring your Media Consumption during COVID-19 is Important
This brief explains how too much media consumption (including the news) can affect your psychological and physiological wellbeing and provides strategies for monitoring your media consumption.
Student Spotlight: Adrienne Atterberry Receives Chancellor's Citation
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O'Keefe talks to Christian Science Monitor about commercial spaceflight
"It’s an important inflection point, if you will, of now seeing the opportunity for commercial transportation of humans into space," says University Professor Sean O’Keefe, former administrator of NASA. "This is much akin to the transition when the first civil aviation aircraft took off decades ago after many decades of it being exclusively a public endeavor."
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Lambright discusses SpaceX, NASA in Associated Press article
"You can’t explain SpaceX without really understanding how NASA really kind of nurtured it in the early days," says Harry Lambright, professor of public administration and international affairs and political science. "In a way, SpaceX is kind of a child of NASA."
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Bennett discusses prejudice during NYC's cholera outbreaks in Truthout
According to David Bennett, professor emeritus of history, immigrants "drew hostility because of their poverty; the diseases they brought with them after the perilous ocean voyage; [and] the slum housing they were forced to live in."
See related: COVID-19, New York City, State & Local
Hou quoted in Bloomberg article on balanced-budget loopholes
"The rules are not ironclad," says Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs. "The simple reason being that state governments must operate to provide the services demanded by citizens, however harsh the rules are."
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McDowell speaks to Al Jazeera about IMF bailouts due to COVID-19
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Harrington Meyer discusses grandparenting during a pandemic with Kaiser Health News
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Public Health Side Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Screen Time-Related Eye Strain & Eye Fatigue
While technologies help us stay connected and enable us to get the resources we need, too much screen time can lead to eye strain, headaches, and neck and back pain.
Jok discusses South Sudan's COVID-19 response in Daily Nation
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Lovely quoted in Sinclair Broadcast Group article on COVID-19, US manufacturing
Mary Lovely, professor of economics, believes maintaining a globalized economy is more sustainable for the countries involved than moving manufacturing to the United States unnecessarily.
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Can Biden win over Sanders supporters? Reeher discusses in USA Today
Grant Reeher, professor of political science, says Biden could have a hard time getting enthusiastic support from former Sanders supporters due to his lengthy record—three decades of Senate votes and two terms in the White House as President Barack Obama's vice president.
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Online EMPA experience converges with pandemic response
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Mitra recommends AEZ model for India's economy in Economic Times
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