Why Do Lower Educated People Separate More Often? Life Strains and the Gradient in Union Dissolution

Ideologically Illogical? Why Do the Lower-Educated Dutch Display so Little Value Coherence?

Why Do More People Die during Economic Expansions?

* The authors are all with the University of California, Davis. Ann Huff Stevens is an economics professor and director of the Center for Poverty Research. Douglas L. Miller is an assistant professor of economics. Marianne Page is a professor of economics. Mateusz Filipski is a postdoctoral scholar in the agricultural and resource economics department. This brief is adapted from a longer workin...

Why Do Educated, Successful Women Leave The Workforce?

In the last 30 years women have made considerable strides into the workplace. But when it comes to staying in the workforce beyond the 10-year point, the numbers tell a different story. Specifically a woman at the 10-year point is five times more likely to leave the workforce than her male counterpart. This has left organizations grappling for strategies to retain them. This study first looks a...

Why Do Some Countries Default More Often Than Others? The Role of Institutions

Antibiotic strategies in severe nosocomial sepsis: why do we not de-escalate more often?

OBJECTIVES To assess the use of antibiotic de-escalation in patients with hospital-acquired severe sepsis in an academic setting. DESIGN We reviewed all episodes of severe sepsis treated over a 1-yr period in the department of intensive care. Antimicrobial therapy was considered as appropriate when the antimicrobial had in vitro activity against the causative microorganisms. According to the ...