Freakonomics in the Times Magazine: The Seat-Belt Solution
…death rate of 11.9% for children traveling in car seats. Now for children wearing seats belts: of the 566 children in lap-and-shoulder belts, 59 died (10.4%); of the 246 children…
…death rate of 11.9% for children traveling in car seats. Now for children wearing seats belts: of the 566 children in lap-and-shoulder belts, 59 died (10.4%); of the 246 children…
…making a child safe in the existing lap and shoulder belt, which don’t fit children, than adding on a different car seat or booster seat. LAUER: When you looked at…
…and detailed individual controls for all married Israeli women with two or more children during the six-year period 1999-2005,” the researchers compared fertility rates to fluctuations in government child subsidies…
International children’s rights advocates focus significant resources on eliminating child labor in developing countries, often advocating consumer boycotts and international regulation. Despite all these efforts, however, child labor is still…
Giving birth in the United States can be dangerous for both moms and their kids. Sometimes, that’s because of too little medical care — and sometimes, it’s the opposite….
…goal is obviously noble: to cut down on traffic injuries and fatalities of children. But, as with the fake speed bumps in Philadelphia, one can imagine a host of unintended…
…lower risk of child disability: Little is known about whether breastfeeding may prevent disabilities throughout childhood. We evaluate the effects of breastfeeding on child disability using data from the National…
Justin Trudeau, facing record-low approval numbers, is doubling down on his progressive agenda. But he is so upbeat (and Canada-polite) that it’s easy to miss just how radical his vision…
…recent researches. noor asked: “It takes a whole community to raise a child” The Yale Book of Quotations traces the proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” back…
…in schooling costs at the end of primary school, but it is less than 20 percent of median child labor earnings in the labor market. Poor families with children in…
…the charity. The charity is Smile Train, which performs corrective surgery on indigent children with cleft lips and palates in China, giving them a second chance at life. The Ebay…
The pizza-and-gaming emporium prides itself on affordability, which means its arcade games are really cheap to play. Does that lead to kids hogging the best games — and parents starting…
…NGOs that originally did it (most notoriously Save the Children) have been forced by critics to abandon it, and no reputable NGO promotes child sponsorship today. The reason it never…
…She says Messiah is unique and she liked how it sounded alongside the boy’s two siblings — Micah and Mason. I am eager to read your comments on this one….
…don’t think euphemisms are destructive, and of course I’m not advocating that people begin to use words they find uncomfortable or upsetting. Euphemisms have their place. But I think when…
…was helping the children in his care. Even if individual school districts don’t want to catch cheaters, you would think that the state and federal governments would have strong incentives…
According to a decades-long research project, the U.S. is not only the most individualistic country on earth; we’re also high on indulgence, short-term thinking, and masculinity (but low on “uncertainty…
…think that most children are exposed to more miles of driving on a snow day than they would be if they went to school.? In our house, we often go…
…deceives parents into thinking their children are being well-prepared for college. They take out loans, send Junior off to college where s/he sinks like a stone. Tragic. Q. I’ve read…
Trump says it would destroy us. Biden needs the voters who support it (especially the Bernie voters). The majority of millennials would like it to replace capitalism. But what is…
Picture day is an annual tradition for American families — and, for the companies that take the photos, a lucrative one. Zachary Crockett smiles for the camera….
…is that you can make mistakes. The common one is punishing a child and then finding out they didn’t do it. When the children were young, I would just shrug…
…me think it was more of a deliberate policy. Now it was my turn to reply: Chris, I’m sorry but I think you are wrong on just about every front…
Air pollution is estimated to cause 7 million deaths a year and cost the global economy nearly $3 trillion. But is the true cost even higher? Stephen Dubner explores the…
The controversial theory linking Roe v. Wade to a massive crime drop is back in the spotlight as several states introduce abortion restrictions. Steve Levitt and John Donohue discuss their…
Suspenders may work better, but the dork factor is too high. How did an organ-squeezing belly tourniquet become part of our everyday wardrobe — and what other suboptimal solutions do…
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin and Steve talk about how inflexible jobs and family responsibilities make it harder for women to earn wages equal to their male counterparts. But could Covid…
To her neighbors in the English countryside, the woman known as Mrs. Burton was a cake-baking mother of three. To the Soviet Union, she was an invaluable Cold War operative….
As the Biden administration rushes to address climate change, Stephen Dubner looks at another, hidden cost of air pollution — one that’s affecting how we think….
…I live in is sort of like Jane Austen, very marriage-oriented. Every girl (and boy for that matter) wants to get married, and does so in her early twenties. The…
