The FBI is changing the way it defines rape for the first time in decades (literally - the Uniform Crime Reports began in 1929 and the rape...

If you teach any course that involves data, you may find this new resource useful. The description from the site: TeachingWithData.org , ...

Have labor strikes "nearly vanished from the American economic landscape?" That's the question asked by sociologist Jake Rosen...

When the Great Recession began in 2008, housing experts expected a rise in homelessness when millions of Americans lost their jobs. To the s...

Australian economist John Quiggin corrects the often-stated statistic that more US students are attending college. While it is true that mo...

Mark Thoma  argues it is not , because the official unemployment rate changes with both the number of unemployed AND the number of discourag...

A new working paper  by  Katherine B. Coffman , Lucas C. Coffman , and  Keith M. Marzilli Ericson  provides new evidence on how difficult it...