"This book explores how mining multi-national corporations influence the lives of women, and the lives those in their community's living close to mining operations in Laos and Thailand. It explores three mining companies in both countries, examines their ideas and actions, and explores theories...

"This book explores how mining multi-national corporations influence the lives of women, and the lives those in their community's living close to mining operations in Laos and Thailand. It explores three mining companies in both countries, examines their ideas and actions, and explores theories...

School officials and policy makers have grown increasingly concerned about their ability to attract and retain talented teachers. A number of authors have shown that in recent years the brightest students at least those with the highest verbal and math scores on standardized tests are less...

This study uses the 1970 state abortion reforms to estimate the effect of teen and out-of-wedlock childbearing on the schooling and labor market outcomes of mothers observed in 1980 and 1990 Census microdata. Reduced-form estimates suggest that state abortion reforms had a negative impact on...

School officials and policy makers have grown increasingly concerned about their ability to attract and retain talented teachers. A number of authors have shown that in recent years the brightest students at least those with the highest verbal and math scores on standardized tests are less...