

Allen Downey analyzes life expectancy and cause-specific mortality data across the United States and other OECD countries from 2000 to 2023 to understand how much the life expectancy gap between men and women varies, which causes of death contribute most to it, and where policy might be most effective.

For decades, education researchers have observed that children who are older than their classmates tend to do better not just in school, but far beyond it. Matthew Jacob and Michael Bailey study these effects, comparing children born just before and just after their state's kindergarten cutoff date.

While healthcare has emerged as the dominant replacement sector for manufacturing in the U.S. since the early 1980s, much of its growth is concentrated in roles that many men have not historically viewed as natural occupational pathways.