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Zeroing In

Numbers are being tossed about in the current election without a lot of context explaining what...

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Should we be concerned that 37% percent of the US population is not working?  What does that mean?

Zeroing In on How Healthy Is the Job Market

About 63 percent of Americans are working or looking for work, but what about the rest? And what...

PUBLISHED November 8, 2016
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The US spends more than other countries on education. Do we get the results we deserve for that spending?

Zeroing In on What Results Our Education Dollars Are Buying

Zeroing In podcast looks at what education spending tells us about education policy

The U.S. spends more per student than most of the world's industrialized nations, but our test...

PUBLISHED November 7, 2016 IN Research
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Aaron Chatterji discusses the impact of Obamacare on health care premiums.

Zeroing In on Whether Obamacare Is Working

Health insurance premiums for individuals dropped by 10 percent during the first year of...

PUBLISHED November 2, 2016 IN Research
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Violent crime has been declining in the US, but it's on the rise again in some cities. Why?

Zeroing In on Why Violent Crime is Spiking

Violent crime is spiking in major U.S. cities after several decades of significant decline. What...

PUBLISHED October 27, 2016 IN Academics
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Aaron Chatterji and Elizabeth Ananat discuss the meaning and value of numbers cited in the gender pay gap discussion.

What's Driving the Gender Pay Gap?

In new podcast, Aaron Chatterji and fellow faculty members 'zero in' on key statistics driving the election debate

Women earn 17 percent less per week than men, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics....

PUBLISHED October 17, 2016 IN Research
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Is the US spending too much on defense? Aaron Chatterji talks with two experts on the question.

Zeroing In on the Price of US Defense

The U.S. defense budget for 2015 was $597 billion, more than the next 14 nations combined. Is...

PUBLISHED October 24, 2016 IN Academics
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