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...research on economic development in South Asia. Rosenzweig has documented wage discrimination against female workers in India and the Philippines. His recent work has examined the effects of low birth weight on labor productivity and lifetime earnings. He is also co-principal investigator of the New Immigrant Survey, an $18.8 million federally funded effort to provide demographic information on immigrants who enter the U.S. legally...
...University earned a 4.9 out of 5.0 peer assessment rating, based on a survey of the academic world on the “intangibles” that distinguish a school. Harvard took first place in graduation and retention (shared with Princeton), with 97 percent of first-years retained and a 98 percent graduation rate, as well as having the lowest acceptance rate (10 percent, also matched by Princeton...
Consider, for example, the massive forest diebacks occurring across the West. "People tend to think of forests as pretty slow changing," says Craig Allen, an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "But once certain thresholds are exceeded, very rapid changes can occur." In some cases, thirsting trees perish because their circulatory systems--the long tubular columns in the trunk that transport water from the roots to the crown--collapse. In other cases, the trees become so weak they can no longer fend off insects and disease...
...large as any other group. They're always going to be the largest group, ever, of anybody." But looking at the past, he admits this is a "big deal. John Jay wrote in the Federalist papers that we were united by a common religion. But based on this survey, you can't say that these days...
Remember the midlife-crisis motorcycle: a graying guy brags that he traded in his wife for a Harley-Davidson? That's a bit overblown--or, at least, an exception to the rule. According to a new survey by the Motorcycle Industry Council, 74% of riders older than 50 are married. And the percentage of riders over 50 has risen to 25%, a trend that's likely to continue as boomers age. "Before the boomers," says Tom Watson, marketing director at Harley-Davidson, "older people stopped riding, but boomers have redefined...