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Real-Time Placement Odds Can Smooth the School Choice Process
Some families going through the school placement process overestimate their chances of getting into their top choices, and fail to match at any school as a result. Warnings about the placement odds at top schools can dramatically reduce non-placements.
Building a Better Vaccine Policy
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Jason Schwartz of the Yale School of Public Health. They discuss what went wrong with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and how Schwartz’s background in history and ethics informs his research on vaccine policy.
Religious Nursing Homes Have More Severe Violations of Care Standards than Secular Ones. Why?
The homes’ strong internal identity means that wrongdoing is less likely to be flagged for an outside regulator’s involvement, allowing problems to worsen, suggests new research co-authored by Yale SOM’s Amandine Ody-Brasier.
Perceptions of Shifts in Public Opinion Are Wildly Off Base
People greatly overestimate how conservative people were in the past, leading to an exaggerated impression of liberal progress, according to a study by Yale SOM’s Jason Dana and Adam Mastroianni of Columbia Business School.
Taking on Systemic Inequities
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by by Dr. Cece Calhoun ’21, a Yale sickle cell disease specialist. They discuss Calhoun’s journey from growing up in Detroit to a clinical and research career focused on the health of the Black community.
Inside the CDO Market That Catalyzed the Financial Crisis
“Inside the CDO Machine,” a special project from the Yale Program on Financial Stability, explores the first-hand perspectives of market participants.
Multinationals Can Have a Positive Local Impact—If They Face Enough Competition for Labor
The United Fruit Company had a reputation for manipulating governments and exploiting workers in Latin America. But Yale SOM’s Diana Van Patten found that in some areas, competition for workers led it to invest in local infrastructure, with long-lasting positive impacts.
Grappling with the Opioid Epidemic
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Dr. Gail D’Onofrio, Yale’s Albert E. Kent Professor of Emergency Medicine. They discuss the medications available for opioid addiction and the policy changes needed to allow those treatments to save more lives.
Businesses Staying in Russia Are Underperforming the Market
A new analysis from Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his team suggests that the firms cutting ties with Russia are seeing markedly better shareholder returns.
Can Nutrition and Exercise Improve Cancer Outcomes?
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz talk with Yale’s Melinda Irwin about her research investigating how lifestyle factors impact the prevention and treatment of cancer.