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Job Openings Are at a Record High. Why Aren't People Going Back to Work?
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Aug 25, 2021
Barron's
The U.S. labor market had 10.1 million job openings at the end of June, but 8.7 million workers were still unemployed in July. If there are so many more openings than job seekers, why are there unemployed workers left?
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Health Insurance Markets
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How Insurance Marketplace Regulators Can Help Consumers Enroll in Better Coverage
Petra Rasmussen, David M. Anderson
Aug 2, 2021
Milbank
The Affordable Care Act simplified shopping for health care by creating the individual health insurance marketplaces where plans are categorized into labeled tiers. Consumers rely on these labels when comparing plans. But the labels don't tell consumers everything they need to know.
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Financial Decision Making
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When a Free Trial Is Anything But
Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman
Aug 2, 2021
The RAND Blog
Several strategies could help protect consumers from subscription traps. Strategies could include providing better information showing that a free trial is followed by a subscription, reminding consumers that they have a subscription, and allowing consumers to easily cancel.
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Racial Discrimination
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Historic Lynchings and Voter Registration, China in Space, Firefighters' Mental Health: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 30, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the link between historic lynchings and voter registration, Afghanistan in the era of fentanyl, supporting firefighters’ mental health, and more.
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Employment and Unemployment
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How the Coronavirus Changed the Childcare Debate
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Jul 26, 2021
The RAND Blog
Policymakers have long had evidence that childcare enables mothers to work. What the COVID-19 pandemic taught everyone is how the lack of childcare can be a disastrous constraint.
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International Trade
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Russia Engine Troubles: Is Putin's Behavior Catching Up with Him?
Chandler Sachs, John V. Parachini
Jun 15, 2021
The RAND Blog
Actions taken to curb Russian malign activities around the globe appear to be affecting Russia's marine and aerospace engine sector. Efforts to arrest Russia's bad behavior might gain momentum if more countries followed the lead of Norway, which chose supporting sanctions over short-term economic gain.
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Natural Gas
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Depoliticizing Russian Gas in Europe
William Courtney @courtneywmh, Richard Kauzlarich
Jun 11, 2021
The Moscow Times
At their June 16 Summit in Geneva, Presidents Biden and Putin might consider how to reduce the sharp tensions over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. Cooperation among governments and companies may offer potential.
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North Korea
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An Economic Blueprint for North Korea
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
Jun 4, 2021
The National Interest
It would be simplistic to think that developing detailed blueprints for economic development in North Korea could on its own cut through decades of conflict and mistrust, triggering political and economic reform. But by expanding the terms of the debate it might move the needle on peace.
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Vaccination
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Vaccine Hesitancy, Working from Home, Arctic Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap
May 21, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on vaccine hesitancy as a symptom of ‘Truth Decay,’ how to make remote work beneficial for all, U.S. Arctic diplomacy, and more.
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Educational Equity
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Pandemic Education, Working Mothers, Predicting Cyber Threats: RAND Weekly Recap
May 14, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
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Workforce Management
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Inequality in Opportunity to Work from Home an Underlying Condition Likely Aggravated by the Pandemic
Kathryn E. Bouskill @kebouskill, Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold
May 14, 2021
Detroit News
Building a safe, healthy workforce where success, productivity, and financial security are available to all segments of American society could provide resilience against inevitable future shockwaves. Since working from home is a key part of such resilience, policymakers could focus on supporting the advantages, remediating the downsides, and expanding access to this form of work.
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Workforce Management
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Should Mothers Work? We've Been Asking the Wrong Question
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
May 10, 2021
Dallas Morning News
As schools and day cares closed due to the pandemic, millions of women were driven from the labor market. What is it worth to the United States to have mothers in the workforce?
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Summer Learning
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Summer Learning, America's Middle Class, Waking Up After the Pandemic: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 23, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how to make summer learning count, U.S. deterrence in the ‘gray zone,’ why so many Americans are stuck outside the middle class, and more.
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Demographics
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An Early Look at the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Demographic Trends
Esther M. Friedman @friedmanEM, Andrew M. Parker
Apr 12, 2021
The RAND Blog
Key demographic trends in fertility, mortality, and migration are responsible for shifts in the overall structure of any population. COVID-19 has affected each of these, with potentially important implications.
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Teacher Incentives
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What Factors Affecting Retention Matter Most to Teachers?
Hui Lu, Peter Burge
Apr 5, 2021
Schools Week
Maintaining an adequate supply of teachers is a challenge and an area of significant concern. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, a set of interventions developed to target the preferences and expectations of specific groups of teachers is likely to be most effective.
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Employment and Unemployment
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The Pandemic Is Completely Changing the Way We Treat Unemployment
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Feb 1, 2021
The Washington Post
Unemployment insurance is the most important fiscal response the United States has during a recession, because it sends timely, targeted, and temporary financial assistance to those directly affected by the downturn. What the CARES Act created—remarkably high benefits for more workers—was a short-term experiment born of necessity, but it could have a lasting influence on public policy.
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