Does Consumption Lag Behind Incomes?

UK nurses lag behind in information stakes.

I was delighted to see your article on the Belgian Nursing Minimum Data Set (analysis June 25).

Drugged driving: Canada's laws lag behind.

Position representations lag behind targets in multiple object tracking

In the multiple object tracking (MOT) task, observers can typically keep track of up to four moving objects. Little is known however about the extent to which object motion is used by observers during MOT. For example, direction and speed might be used to anticipate future positions. We here ask to what extent position reports lag behind targets or instead correspond to extrapolated positions. ...

Boys Lag Behind: How Teachers’ Gender Biases Affect Student Achievement

I use a combination of blind and non-blind test scores to show that middle school teachers favor girls when they grade. This favoritism, estimated in the form of individual teacher effects, has long-term consequences: as measured by their national evaluations three years later, male students make less progress than their female counterparts. Gender-biased grading accounts for 21 percent of boys...

Lagging Behind – The Emerging Influence of Jet Lag Symptoms on Road Safety

Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death in international travelers. With the growth of international travel, the number of visitors who rent a vehicle upon arrival at their destination by air or by sea is expected to increase. Jet lag is a well-recognized maladaptation to international travel across multiple time zones. Little is known about the possible influence of jet lag sympt...