Tufts Unvisity Assistant Professor Elizabeth Setren in the Department of Economics at the School of Arts and Sciences has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Joe Biden. PECASE recognition is the highest honor given by the U.S. government for outstanding scientists and engineers who are early in their careers

A new study suggests that boosting adolescent mental health is linked with long-term economic benefits. In contrast to similar findings from prior studies, these estimated relationships could be readily incorporated into standard government budgeting analyses for assessing potential policy impacts. Nathaniel Counts of The Kennedy Forum, US, and colleagues present this work in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine on January 16^th.

New research by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign education policy professor Paul M. Bruno suggests that schools could improve their recruitment of new faculty members by strategically adjusting their pay scales for novice and early-career teachers.

Why are people in some regions happier and healthier than in other regions? For the first time, an international team of historians, psychologists, and economists has linked ancient Roman borders to today’s differences in personality, health and well-being across regions. ‘Our study shows how historical events from thousands of years ago can leave long-lasting psychological effects on populations today,’ says lead researcher Martin Obschonka from the University of Amsterdam.

A new study documents the dramatic change in America’s material diet from 1900 to 2020 – ongoing shifts in US commodity consumption patterns with profound environmental, economic, and geopolitical implications. The paper details consumption of 100 key commodities used to build cities, power cars, produce everyday products, and connect people, charting transformative changes since the start of the 20th century in both absolute commodity demand (ABS) and demand compared to economic activity, called intensity of use (IOU).