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Tag: National Bureau of Economic Research
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Nation & World
Treating children for worms yields long-term health, economic gains, study says
A 20-year study of Kenyan schoolchildren who receive sustained treatment against common parasitic infections grow up to achieve a higher standard of living, with long-lasting health and economic benefits that extend to their communities.
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Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job
Harvard Business School’s Christine Exley talks about her recent research that indicates women’s reluctance to self-promote, compared to men’s, may be more persistent than previously understood.
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The economist who connected across politics
Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard, major political adviser, and president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research, died Tuesday at age 79.
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The difference a year makes
A Harvard study has found that children born in August in states with a Sept. 1 cutoff birth date for school enrollment have a 30 percent higher risk for ADHD diagnosis than peers born in September, which may reflect overdiagnosis.
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More time free from disability
Harvard researchers are among the co-authors of a new study saying that the increase in life expectancy in the past two decades has been accompanied by an even greater increase in years free of disability, thanks in large measure to improvements in cardiovascular health and declines in vision problems.
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Superstar teachers
As leaders in government and business search for ways to strengthen the U.S. recovery, new research from faculty at Harvard and Columbia indicates that elementary school teachers have an impact on how much their students earn as adults and, by extension, on the nation’s economy.
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Where money meets politics
James M. Snyder Jr., an economist and Harvard’s newest professor of government, is a student of American elections, where he finds that campaign contributions don’t have the sway you might suppose.
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Looking ahead
He’s an economist, a researcher, and a physician, and he’s about to become provost. On the day (April 15) that President Drew Faust announced that he would be Harvard’s next provost, Alan M. Garber ’76 sat down with the Gazette to talk about his career, his new role, and facilitating connections across traditional academic boundaries…
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Garber welcomed as provost
At a welcoming reception, Harvard President Drew Faust relayed the praise she received for incoming Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 throughout her search for a replacement for Steven E. Hyman.
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Alan Garber named provost
President Drew Faust announced that Alan M. Garber ’76, the Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor, and professor of medicine and economics at Stanford University, will become the next provost of Harvard University.
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Undoing the damage
Harvard panel examines fiscal problems of the past two years, and what it will take to restore the economy to health.
