My wife Jeannette gets her props
…“With biological children or children adopted from anywhere, there’s always a risk,” Jeannette Levitt said. “But you decide you’re gong to do it, and you’re going to love your children,…
When it comes to generating ideas and asking questions it can be really fruitful to have the mentality of an eight year old.
…“With biological children or children adopted from anywhere, there’s always a risk,” Jeannette Levitt said. “But you decide you’re gong to do it, and you’re going to love your children,…
In the “Letters” section of today’s New York Times Sunday magazine, a letter by two doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia criticizes our piece on car seats vs seat…
…Time” title on Jeopardy! Steve Levitt digs into how he trained for the show, what it means to have a “geographic memory,” and why we lie to our children. …
…time mothers and children spend together on activities such as reading, the chances that mothers work, and children’s test performance as late as eighth grade. For higher-income families, however, we…
…for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, was based on data from 11.6 million children age 2 to 4. The survey group included children eligible for federally funded programs of…
When it comes to generating ideas and asking questions it can be really fruitful to have the mentality of an 8-year-old.
Jim Yong Kim has an unorthodox background for a World Bank president — and his reign thus far is just as unorthodox.
The U.S. immigration system is a massively complicated machine, with a lot of worn-out parts. How to fix it? Step one: Get hold of some actual facts and evidence. (We…
In one of the earliest Freakonomics Radio episodes (No. 39!), we asked a bunch of economists with young kids how they approached child-rearing. Now the kids are old enough to…
In one of the earliest Freakonomics Radio episodes, we asked a bunch of economists with young kids how they approached child-rearing. Now the kids are old enough to talk —…
It won’t work for everyone, but there’s a cheap, quick, and simple way to lift some students’ grades.
Influenza kills, but you’d never know it by how few of us get the vaccine.
Fear is a popular tool in public health campaigns. But is it an effective one? Bapu Jena discusses new research on whether we can — and should — scare people…
Jim Yong Kim has an unorthodox background for a World Bank president — and his reign has been just as unorthodox. He has just announced he’s stepping down, well before…
…A better title: “What John Whitfield Gets Wrong About What The Darwin Economy Gets Wrong About Evolution.” Q. You say that “…half of all children still attend bottom-half schools.” Won’t…
…CFA 2,500 (US $6) Africans: Adults- CFA 2,500 (US $6) Children– CFA 1,500 (US $3.60) Senegalese: Adults- CFA 1,500 (US $3.60) Children– CFA 500 (US $1.20) Johannes Kiess In this…
…Levitt finds out what daily life is like in a silent monastery, why teens find it easier than adults to learn meditation, and what happy children can teach their parents….
…control of schools: the percentage of children living with one parent; the percentage of eighth graders absent from school at least three times a month; the percentage of children age…
…jobs, the low educational attainment of minority children, and weak work incentives when employees feel little attachment to their firm. Q. Which seemingly irrational economic habits are the most difficult…
A reader named Jennifer Zahren wrote recently with an interesting question: are modern children’s books shorter than they used to be (Jennifer certainly thinks so) and if so, why? Do…
…Palin’s reason for doing the test was early planning, is that she kept not only the Down syndrome news a secret from her own children, but even the pregnancy itself….
…since the 1930s has measured children from shortly after birth until age 18. Most of the children come from the area near Dayton, Ohio, which is not a mirror of…
…cruelty and shame that she delivered on her children,” the scathing obituary begins. … [It] was written by Johnson-Reddick’s adult children, whose horror stories prompted Nevada to become one of…
Also: what is the most significant choice you will ever make?…
Why learning to say “I don’t know” is one of the best things you can do.
Sure, you were “in love.” But economists — using evidence from Bridgerton to Tinder — point to what’s called “assortative mating.” And it has some unpleasant consequences for society….
Sure, you were “in love.” But economists — using evidence from Bridgerton to Tinder — point to what’s called “assortative mating.” And it has some unpleasant consequences for society….
As the Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research on an unintended consequence of the 1973 ruling….
Just a few decades ago, more than 90 percent of 30-year-olds earned more than their parents had earned at the same age. Now it’s only about 50 percent. What happened…
