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Jobs, Education, and the Labor Market

Work and income are essential to people’s sense of worth and wellbeing. As technology reshapes entire industries, education and training must adapt to offer more secure footholds in a changing economy.

Children, Parents, and Families

Coping with financial uncertainty

August 24, 2017

Kathryn Edin interviews the authors of The Financial Diaries

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Jobs, Education, and the Labor Market

Why isn't there a constitutional right to education?

July 20, 2017
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Race, Gender, Inclusion, and Dignity

Responding to "My Family's Slave"

June 20, 2017

Why slavery still exists in America

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Jobs, Education, and the Labor Market

Investing in education: A conversation with Cecilia Rouse

May 30, 2017
Lionel Foster

Partnership member and Woodrow Wilson School dean Cecilia Rouse talks about education, human flourishing, and why economics is about more than the things we typically measure.

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Children, Parents, and Families

Escaping Poverty

May 18, 2017
Caroline Ratcliffe & Emma Cancian Kalish

Predictors of persistently poor children's economic success.

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